<p>I took the rankings of national engineering universities and superimposed the two Cal Poly engineering colleges to see they rank nationwide. Interesting, somewhat truthful, results. Here’s the list:</p>
<p>Cal Poly campus in green
UC campus in blue</p>
<p>Top 50 engineering colleges ranking</p>
<h1>1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4.9</h1>
<h1>3 California Institute of Technology 4.7</h1>
<p>#3 University of California–Berkeley 4.5</p>
<h1>5 Georgia Institute of Technology 4.5</h1>
<h1>5 University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign 4.5</h1>
<h1>7 University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 4.4</h1>
<h1>8 Carnegie Mellon University 4.3</h1>
<h1>8 Cornell University 4.3</h1>
<h1>10 Princeton University 4.1</h1>
<h1>10 Purdue University–West Lafayette 4.1</h1>
<h1>10 University of Texas–Austin 4.1</h1>
<h1>13 Northwestern University 4.0</h1>
<h1>13 University of Wisconsin–Madison 4.0</h1>
<p>** Cal Poly–San Luis Obispo 3.9**</p>
<h1>15 Johns Hopkins University 3.9</h1>
<h1>16 Pennsylvania State University–University Park 3.8</h1>
<h1>16 Rice University 3.8</h1>
<h1>16 Texas A&M University–College Station 3.8</h1>
<h1>16 Virginia Tech 3.8</h1>
<h1>20 Columbia University 3.7</h1>
<h1>20 Duke University 3.7</h1>
<p>#20 University of California–Los Angeles 3.7</p>
<h1>23 Harvard University 3.6</h1>
<h1>23 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 3.6</h1>
<p>#23 University of California–San Diego 3.6</p>
<h1>23 University of Maryland–College Park 3.6</h1>
<h1>23 University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 3.6</h1>
<h1>23 University of Southern California 3.6</h1>
<h1>23 University of Washington 3.6</h1>
<h1>30 North Carolina State University–Raleigh 3.5</h1>
<h1>30 Ohio State University–Columbus 3.5</h1>
<p>#30 University of California–Davis 3.5</p>
<h1>30 University of Pennsylvania 3.5</h1>
<p>Cal Poly–Pomona 3.4</p>
<h1>34 University of Colorado–Boulder 3.4</h1>
<h1>34 University of Florida 3.4</h1>
<h1>34 University of Virginia 3.4</h1>
<h1>34 Vanderbilt University 3.4</h1>
<h1>34 Yale University 3.4</h1>
<h1>39 Brown University 3.3</h1>
<h1>39 Iowa State University 3.3</h1>
<h1>39 Lehigh University 3.3</h1>
<p>#39 University of California–Santa Barbara 3.3</p>
<h1>39 Washington University in St. Louis 3.3</h1>
<h1>44 Arizona State University 3.2</h1>
<h1>44 Case Western Reserve University 3.2</h1>
<h1>44 Dartmouth College 3.2</h1>
<h1>44 Michigan State University 3.2</h1>
<p>#44 University of California–Irvine 3.2</p>
<h1>44 University of Notre Dame 3.2</h1>
<h1>50 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–New Brunswick 3.1</h1>