<p>different rankings tell different schools are good for engineering
some say georgia tech is good(THES) while some say gatech is too big and the quality is not that good.
i get a lot of mixed opinions about many colleges like harvey mudd, ucb, cooper union etc
same goes with duke, yale, cornell etc.
can anyone once and for all settle this issue
please tell me which are the best colleges for engineering in terms of employment oppurtunities
like for eg. after graduating from which college will i get the hottest job offer with the highest salary package
i am a int'l and i will be taking a lot of loans. so a big job is a MUST.
please help!!</p>
<p>No place will guarantee you a big job. However, in general, the bigger the name, the more likely you are to get one. Big names include (note: this is not a complete list, this is what I thought of off the top of my head, and in no particular order):</p>
<p>MIT (any discipline)
Caltech (any discipline)
Stanford (any discipline)
Cornell (especially electrical engineering)
UC Berkeley (any discipline)
Harvey Mudd (any discipline)
Duke (biomedical engineering)
Johns Hopkins (biomedical engineering)
Carnegie Mellon (any discipline, especially EECS)
Georgia Tech (any discipline)</p>
<p>Whether you want big or small depends on you...there are big names in both categories.</p>
<p>If money is an issue, you might want to consider a slightly less big name that will allow you to earn lots of money while still an undergrad through a co-op program (e.g. Northeastern).</p>
<p>Among businesses that know Cooper Union, it is well regarded. We recently had a representative from a high tech startup in Silicon Valley come and talk to us. He said that he wanted to get more applications from recent college grads, and asked the HR department at his company to find the three best engineering schools in the country and give him their curricula and said that he was very impressed with Cooper. However, Cooper Only has degrees in CivE, ChemE, MechE and EE(computers).</p>
<p>To be completely honest (and facetious), all top engineering schools mentioned are pretty good for employment opportunities. And I wouldn't cut out top state schools such as UIUC, Purdue, Wisconsin, Michigan either (ya, I'm from the midwest, feel free to add your own) as they may not have the prestige of schools formerly mentioned, but their grads get jobs just fine. I'd concentrate more on what type of school you want to go to, and which schools you can actually get into. Do some research.</p>
<p>As for big jobs, I agree with Jessie, no place will guarantee you a big job, but with time and hard work many (if not all) of the places mentioned can give you the opportunities you need to get one.</p>
<p>You're an international, and competition will probably be fierce for admissions to the more prestigious ones. Just a warning.</p>