<p>Here is a three year old ranking of undergraduate programs in engineering from USNWR. Things really haven’t changed very much since then:</p>
<p>Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs (Where highest degree is a doctorate)
Ranked in 2010
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 4.8
2 Stanford University Stanford, CA 4.7
3 University of California–Berkeley Berkeley, CA 4.6
4 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 4.5
Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 4.5
6 University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL 4.4
7 University of Michigan–Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 4.3
8 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 4.2
Cornell University Ithaca, NY 4.2
Purdue University–West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN 4.2
11 Princeton University Princeton, NJ 4.1
University of Texas–Austin Austin, TX 4.1
13 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD 3.9
Northwestern University Evanston, IL 3.9
University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI 3.9
Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 3.9
17 Pennsylvania State University–University Park University Park, PA 3.8
Texas A&M University–College Station College Station, TX 3.8
19 Rice University Houston, TX 3.7
University of California–Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 3.7
University of Maryland–College Park College Park, MD 3.7
22 Duke University Durham, NC 3.6
University of California–San Diego La Jolla, CA 3.6
University of Minnesota–Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN 3.6
University of Washington Seattle, WA 3.6
26 Columbia University New York, NY 3.5
Harvard University Cambridge, MA 3.5
North Carolina State University–Raleigh Raleigh, NC 3.5
Ohio State University–Columbus Columbus, OH 3.5
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 3.5
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 3.5
32 University of California–Davis Davis, CA 3.4
University of Colorado–Boulder Boulder, CO 3.4
University of Florida Gainesville, FL 3.4
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 3.4
36 Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA 3.3
University of California–Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 3.3
University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 3.3
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 3.3
40 Brown University Providence, RI 3.2
Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH 3.2
Iowa State University Ames, IA 3.2
Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 3.2
Yale University New Haven, CT 3.2
45 Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 3.1
Dartmouth College Hanover, NH 3.1
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ 3.1
University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 3.1
University of California–Irvine Irvine, CA 3.1
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 3.1
Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 3.1
52 Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO 3.0
Drexel University Philadelphia, PA 3.0
University of Delaware Newark, DE 3.0
University of Massachusetts–Amherst Amherst, MA 3.0
56 Auburn University Auburn University, AL 2.9
Boston University Boston, MA 2.9
Clemson University Clemson, SC 2.9
Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 2.9
Northeastern University Boston, MA 2.9
Tufts University Medford, MA 2.9
University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 2.9
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 2.9
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA 2.9
65 Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL 2.8
Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY 2.8
SUNY–Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 2.8
Syracuse University Syracuse, NY 2.8
University at Buffalo–SUNY Buffalo, NY 2.8
University of Illinois–Chicago Chicago, IL 2.8
University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 2.8
University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 2.8
Washington State University Pullman, WA 2.8
74 Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 2.7
Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI 2.7
Missouri University of Science & Technology Rolla, MO 2.7
University of Rochester Rochester, NY 2.7
78 Brigham Young University–Provo Provo, UT 2.6
Clarkson University Potsdam, NY 2.6
New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ 2.6
Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK 2.6
Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 2.6
Polytechnic Institute of New York University Brooklyn, NY 2.6
Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ 2.6
Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX 2.6
University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 2.6
University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 2.6
University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 2.6
University of Missouri Columbia, MO 2.6
University of Nebraska–Lincoln Lincoln, NE 2.6
University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 2.6
University of North Carolina–Charlotte Charlotte, NC 2.6
University of Oklahoma Norman, OK 2.6
94 George Washington University Washington, DC 2.5
Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA 2.5
University of California–Riverside Riverside, CA 2.5
University of Central Florida Orlando, FL 2.5
98 Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS 2.4
San Diego State University San Diego, CA 2.4
Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 2.4
University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL 2.4 </p>
<p>You are definitely an above average student. Don’t settle for mediocre.</p>