<p>Hey</p>
<p>could anyone post the 2007 undergraduate engineering rankings?
I know another post posted like 15, but I'd like to know up to like 30 or 50 thanks</p>
<p>Besides, i would really appreciate if someone could kindly post the Electrical Engineering rankings as well</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Yes, i'd like to know too</p>
<p>Best Engineering programs
(At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate)</p>
<ol>
<li>Massachusetts Inst. of Technology</li>
<li>Stanford University (CA)
University of California–Berkeley </li>
<li>California Institute of Technology
U. of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign *
6.Georgia Institute of Technology *
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor *
8.Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
Purdue Univ.–West Lafayette (IN)</li>
<li>Cornell University (NY)</li>
<li>Princeton University (NJ)
University of Texas–Austin *</li>
<li>Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison *
14.. Johns Hopkins University (MD)
Northwestern University (IL)
Pennsylvania State U.–University Park *
17.Texas A&M Univ.–College Station *
Virginia Tech *</li>
<li>Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (NY)
Rice University (TX)
Univ. of California–Los Angeles *
Univ. of Minnesota–Twin Cities *
Univ. of California–San Diego *
University of Washington *
25.Columbia Univesity (NY)
Duke University (NC)
North Carolina State U-Raleigh *
Univ. of Maryland–College Park *
Univ. of Southern California</li>
</ol>
<p>could any one post undergrad EE rankings?
thanks</p>
<p>Undergraduate engineering specialties:
Electrical / Electronic / Communications
(At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate)</p>
<ol>
<li>Massachusetts Inst. of Technology</li>
<li>Stanford University (CA)</li>
<li>University of California–Berkeley </li>
<li>U. of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign *</li>
<li>University of Michigan–Ann Arbor *</li>
<li>Georgia Institute of Technology *</li>
<li>California Institute of Technology</li>
<li>Cornell University (NY)</li>
<li>Purdue Univ.–West Lafayette (IN)</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University (PA)</li>
<li>University of Texas–Austin *</li>
<li>Princeton University (NJ)</li>
<li>Univ. of California–Los Angeles *</li>
<li>Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison *</li>
<li>Rice University (TX)</li>
<li>Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (NY)
Univ. of Southern California</li>
<li>Northwestern University (IL)</li>
<li>Duke University (NC)
Texas A&M Univ.–College Station *
Univ. of California–San Diego *
University of Washington *
Virginia Tech *</li>
<li>Pennsylvania State U.–University Park *
Univ. of Maryland–College Park *
Univ. of Minnesota–Twin Cities *</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins University (MD)</li>
</ol>
<p>what about schools that doesn't have doctoral degrees? (EE rankings?)</p>
<p>Undergraduate engineering specialties:
Electrical / Electronic / Communications
(At schools whose highest degree is a bachelor's or master's)</p>
<ol>
<li> Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. (IN)</li>
<li> Cooper Union (NY)</li>
<li> Harvey Mudd College (CA)</li>
<li> Cal Poly–San Luis Obispo </li>
<li> United States Military Academy (NY)</li>
<li> United States Naval Academy (MD)</li>
<li> Bucknell University (PA)
Milwaukee School of Engineering
United States Air Force Acad. (CO)
Kettering University (MI)</li>
<li> Calif. State Poly. Univ.–Pomona *
San Jose State University (CA)*</li>
<li> Valparaiso University (IN)
Villanova University (PA)
Santa Clara University (CA)</li>
</ol>
<p>I remember Harvey Mudd being tied for first.</p>
<p>This is only for electrical, which is still amazing considering HMC does not offer an electrical degree.</p>
<p>Whats Gatech for MechE?</p>
<p>Harvey mudd only has "engineering" without any specialties. How can it be ranked#3??</p>
<p>I don't know much about Harvey Mudd but I would assume they have electrical engineering courses even though they only give out general degrees. A few years back, Cooper Union was ranked high for computer engineering when we didn't have a computer engineering major. the courses were just part of the EE major.</p>
<p>Mudd's crazy-intensive. They've got a highly intensive core program where you can eventually specialize in different engineering disciplines, if you'd like... But basically, they learn everything.</p>
<p>I've gotta say... I was the biggest skeptic of their engineering program when my brother started out as a freshman there, having come through a much more traditional engineering program at Rice, and having really involved myself in various engineering curriculum/education issues. My brother's a junior now, I've sat in on a couple of classes, I've kept close watch on what he's been learning, I've watched the curriculum they've covered, and I've had to eat my original skepticism. They do an incredible job.</p>
<p>You make it sound as if they have a very unorthodox approach to teaching, or is it just the curriculum?</p>
<p>All of the above.</p>
<p>There's a lot more hands-on stuff, which I would really have liked. There's a required sophomore-level class where they have to learn how to use metal lathes and milling machines and all sorts of other fun stuff to build a hammer, a screwdriver, and a tool tray to a ridiculous set of specifications. I know my brother went through about eight tries of the tool tray before he just chose the best one and said to heck with it... It was sort of a hands-on lesson in what you're asking when you create specifications to, like, a thousandth of an inch (eg, a headache for your machine shop).</p>
<p>And the curriculum's way different, too. I went through and made a mental list of all the engineering concepts that I think need to be covered in an undergraduate structural education and was convinced that Mudd didn't cover them all. I was incredibly wrong. They covered them... all of them... and it seems like they covered everything from every other discipline, too. They may not require that everyone take "steel design", where one would learn the code, but IRL, you really shouldn't be limping along, designing by the code alone, anyhow. You should be learning all the concepts <em>behind</em> the code, and then when you read the code, you'll understand where all that stuff's coming from.</p>
<p>That's what Mudd does, and that's why they turn out such phenomenal engineers. They go to the basics, and they drill their students on the basics, on the very fundamental concepts of engineering, and make them do backflips with those fundamental concepts from the very start. Sure, you're not gonna 'get' everything, but you're going to <em>understand</em> a LOT more than students at other programs, where all they 'get' is how to apply a pre-written code to their designs, and consequently, their engineering skills are far more universal and versatile than the skills I've seen from any other program's graduates. I certainly don't have those sorts of skills, and I went to some pretty phenomenal schools and got some pretty marketable degrees.</p>
<p>I honestly think they're pioneering the wave of the future, in terms of engineering education. It's really exciting to watch. I've got my eye on Olin, too... I've got a mole in place who's bringing me info on her studies, but she's just going into her sophomore year, so I'm reserving judgment, but it looks like a pretty exciting program as well.</p>
<p>How much do these rankings really mean? What ranges of schools basically cancel out eachother?</p>
<p>HMC definitely has some interesting things in its curriculum, but I don't think this school would be a fit for everybody. If I were interested in being a chemical engineer, I wouldn't enjoy the tools course very much. Although I understand the lesson learned from the course applies to all majors, there are better uses for the time for some people. </p>
<p>One thing I dislike about HMC though is it doesn't expose students to all branches of engineering. At more traditional schools, at least in civil engineering, you're exposed to structural engineering, water resources, geotechnical engineering, transportation engineering, environmental engineering, construction management, etc. I've learned what I like and what I don't like so I know what kind of a career to pursue after college. It prepares me for my future. </p>
<p>HMC does an amazing job teaching the fundamentals, but is that enough for the average engineer who isn't exactly sure what field he or she wants to work with?</p>
<p>I still think HMC is an outstanding college, but it's not a fit for everybody.</p>
<p>I'll poll some Mudd students and get back to you. It's an interesting point, and that's one of the things that concerns me somewhat.</p>
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