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<p>Does anyone know where this school ranks in terms of engineering?</p>

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<p>U.S. News ranking</p>

<p>National Universities, 43
Peer assessment score (5.0=highest): 3.6
Average freshman retention rate: 92%
2004 graduation rate:
-Predicted: 82%
-Actual: 80%</p>

<p>Classes with under 20 students (2004): 42%
Classes with 50 or more students (2004): 10%
Student/faculty ratio (2004): 14/1
Percent of faculty who are full-time (2004): 93%
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (2004): 1220-1420
Freshmen in top 10 percent of high school class (2004): 63%
Acceptance rate (2004): 75%
Average alumni giving rate (2004): 20%</p>

<p>Best Business Programs and Departments</p>

<p>Business program rank: 57</p>

<p>Best Engineering Programs Where the Highest Degree is a Doctorate</p>

<p>Engineering program rank: 18</p>

<p>Biomedical rank: 19
Computer rank: 21
Electrical rank: 16
Materials rank: 15
Mechanical rank: 19</p>

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<p>Here is US News Top 50</p>

<p>Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
(At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate) </p>

<p>Rank/School Peer assessment score (5.0 = highest)
1. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology 4.9
2. Stanford University (CA) 4.7
University of California–Berkeley * 4.7
4. California Institute of Technology 4.5
U. of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign * 4.5
6. Georgia Institute of Technology * 4.4
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor * 4.4
8. Carnegie Mellon University (PA) 4.3
Cornell University (NY) 4.3
Purdue Univ.–West Lafayette (IN)* 4.3
11. University of Texas–Austin * 4.2
12. Princeton University (NJ) 4.1
Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison * 4.1
14. Johns Hopkins University (MD) 3.9
Northwestern University (IL) 3.9
Texas A&M Univ.–College Station * 3.9
Virginia Tech * 3.9
18. Pennsylvania State U.–University Park * 3.8
Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (NY) 3.8
Rice University (TX) 3.8
Univ. of Minnesota–Twin Cities * 3.8
22. Duke University (NC) 3.7
Univ. of California–Los Angeles * 3.7
Univ. of California–San Diego * 3.7
Univ. of Maryland–College Park * 3.7
University of Washington * 3.7
27. Columbia University (NY) 3.6
Ohio State University–Columbus * 3.6
University of California–Davis * 3.6
University of Pennsylvania 3.6
31. Harvard University (MA) 3.5
North Carolina State U.–Raleigh * 3.5
University of Florida * 3.5
Univ. of Southern California 3.5
University of Virginia * 3.5
36. Brown University (RI) 3.4
Case Western Reserve Univ. (OH) 3.4
Iowa State University * 3.4
Univ. of California–Santa Barbara * 3.4
University of Colorado–Boulder * 3.4
41. Arizona State University * 3.3
Dartmouth College (NH) 3.3
Lehigh University (PA) 3.3
Michigan State University * 3.3
University of Notre Dame (IN) 3.3
Vanderbilt University (TN) 3.3
Washington University in St. Louis 3.3
Yale University (CT) 3.3
49. University of Arizona * 3.2
University of California–Irvine * 3.2</p>

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<p>Sure those are not graduate programs? But thanks it gives me a fairly good idea.</p>

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<p>US News Top 50 Graduate Engineering Schools</p>

<ol>
<li>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br></li>
<li>Stanford University (CA) </li>
<li>University of California–Berkeley </li>
<li>Georgia Institute of Technology<br></li>
<li>University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign<br></li>
<li>University of Michigan–Ann Arbor<br></li>
<li>University of Southern California (Andrew and Erna Viterbi)<br></li>
<li>California Institute of Technology<br></li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University (PA)

<ol>
<li>Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN) </li>
<li>University of California–San Diego (Jacobs)<br></li>
<li>Cornell University (NY) </li>
<li>University of Texas–Austin<br></li>
<li>Texas A&M University–College Station (Look)<br></li>
<li>University of California–Los Angeles (Samueli)<br></li>
<li>University of Wisconsin–Madison<br></li>
<li>Princeton University (NJ) </li>
<li>University of Maryland–College Park (Clark)<br></li>
<li>Pennsylvania State University–University Park<br></li>
<li>Harvard University (MA) </li>
<li>Northwestern University (IL) </li>
<li>University of California–Santa Barbara<br></li>
<li>Columbia University (Fu Foundation) (NY) </li>
<li>University of Washington<br></li>
<li>University of Florida<br></li>
<li>Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) (MD) </li>
<li>Ohio State University<br></li>
<li>University of Minnesota–Twin Cities<br></li>
<li>Rice University (Brown) (TX) </li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania<br></li>
<li>Virginia Tech<br></li>
<li>Duke University (NC) </li>
<li>University of Colorado–Boulder<br></li>
<li>North Carolina State University<br></li>
<li>Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) </li>
<li>University of Virginia<br></li>
<li>Washington University in St. Louis (Sever)<br></li>
<li>University of California–Davis<br></li>
<li>Yale University (CT) </li>
<li>Case Western Reserve University (OH) </li>
<li>University of California–Irvine (Samueli)<br></li>
<li>University of Rochester (NY) </li>
<li>Dartmouth College (Thayer) (NH) </li>
<li>Iowa State University </li>
<li>Lehigh University (Rossin) (PA) </li>
<li>Rutgers State University–New Brunswick (NJ) </li>
<li>Arizona State University (Fulton)<br></li>
<li>University of Delaware<br></li>
<li>Brown University (RI) </li>
<li>University of Pittsburgh</li>
</ol></li>
</ol>

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<p>The US News rankings are invalid. For example Va Tech engineering is rated above RPI, but RPI is rated much higher in the overall rankings. Since both are primarily engineering schools, those two rankings clearly contradict each other. Go to the RPI website and take a look at the facilities and programs. That should be enough to convince you that the engineering program is more than competitive with the schools at the very top of the list. RPI is world class.</p>

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<p>How good is RPI for bio and pre-med stuff?</p>