 For 2020, "U.S. News & World Report" ranks NC State tied for 84th out of all national universities and tied for 34th out of public universities in the U.S., tied at 31st for "most innovative" and 69th for "best value" schools.NC State's College of Engineering was tied for 24th by "U.S. News & World Report", with many of it programs consistently ranking in the top 50 nationally.NC State's Nuclear Engineering program is considered to be one of the best in the world and in 2020, was ranked 3rd in the country (behind MIT and the University of Michigan Ann Arbor)"."