<p>Whose highest Degree is M.S./PHD., as decided by YOU, CC! List a college and make an argument</p>
<p>Texas A&M, lots of great programs yet never seems to be talked about</p>
<p>…a whole host of state schools.</p>
<p>University of Delaware. With the huge amount of funding from Gore and duPont, not only do they have a great program, but they have outstanding job placement.</p>
<p>Texas A&M! That and Texas is the only dam Colleges I ever hear about and there amazing Oil connections</p>
<p>yeah except on CC TAMU gets drowned out by MIT, Carnegie Mellon and even Ivy League engineering (Texas A&M is probably better for engineering than all the ivies except Cornell)</p>
<p>I personally don’t think the rankings mean much. I hope, but know its not true, that employers don’t look at the school you go to an deny you because of it. Because there are some great engineering schools out there that don’t get credit, but there are also really good schools out there that people assume are good at engineering because they are strong at everything else.</p>
<p>Glad to see the school I attend is getting so much attention in this thread (TAMU).</p>
<p>i am biased because i go here but just reading on CC i feel like USC gets very little credit on CC. i’m not sure if your question was focused to overall or on CC but from talking to people when i say go here they generally think it is a party school. at the undergrad level seems like it is largely off most people’s radar.</p>
<p>Well USC “used” to be a party school, but they’re shaping up to be one of the best in the nation. They are ranked decently high on the engineering rankings.</p>
<p>Hmmm maybe places like Harvey Mudd, Cal Poly SLO, and many state universities.</p>
<p>OK…Santa Clara University has undergrad, grad and PhD engineering programs. It’s located smack in the middle of the Silicon Valley. Most folks outside of CA have never heard of it. In fact…most folks IN CA have never heard of it. Fine school, fine programs, great location.</p>
<p>A few more schools that are underrated are:</p>
<p>Harvey Mudd
Rose-Hulman
Cal Poly SLO
Cooper Union
Franklin W. Olin</p>
<p>Worcester Polytechnic?</p>
<p>Harvey Mudd, Rose-Hulman, and Olin are not underrated. They are all ranked very high, just on a list that doesn’t attract as much attention (non PHD/Masters US News). They are rated as well as they deserve and are prestigious because of it. However, they don’t attract the same kind of name recognition as the top schools that have PHD/Masters such as MIT, caltech, etc… </p>
<p>So it’s really not a question of being underrated, it’s just those schools don’t have the same level of prestige and name recognition as others.</p>
<p>Only slightly related to the topic: I got into a huuuge argument with my friend because she thinks Olin is an awful school that is easy to get into. Argh…</p>
<p>2 Schools:
Bradley University (IL)
WPI</p>
<p>Those are the MOST underrated schools in the country!!!</p>
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<p>yeah, i am aware of this and so are most who go here but that is the reputation it still has for most people. harvey mudd, olin, cal poly etc. i think are schools where anyone who knows about them realizes they are extremely impressive but just most have never heard of them.</p>
<p>quantize, I am not speaking of rankings, I am speaking about general opinion. If you ask somebody to name you top engineering schools (from a person not completely knowledgable about engineering schools), they’d probably list MIT, Caltech, Cornell etc… instead of Harvey Mudd or Rose-Hulman</p>
<p>I think WPI is actually overrated, many people from my school want to go there but it’s way too expensive and actually not too amazing at engineering</p>
<p>^I agree… Mudd and Rose-Hulman are definitely underrated as engineering schools. I’ve only known two people who know that Rose-Hulman exists… It’s kinda sad.</p>
<p>Harvey Mudd is rated #2 and Cal Poly SLO is rated #4 among best undergraduate engineering programs. This is hardly underrated. You’re mixing apples and oranges when you compare colleges that have a grad school vs colleges that are undergrad/masters only.</p>