Best undergrad Engineering univ

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi.</p>

<p>I would like to know how good these schools are as far as the undergrad engineering (i'm planning on mechanical) dept is concerned.</p>

<p>MIT
Duke
WUStL
Cornell
NorthWestern
Johns Hopkins
Vanderbilt
Univ of Notre Dame
UC Berkeley
Carnegie Mellon
Univ of Virginia
Univ of Michigan Ann Arbor</p>

<p>Thank you~!</p>

2

<p>I think Cornell is best for undergraduate engineering. It has a focus on undergraduates but also has a substantial graduate program and research emphasis which provides opportunities for undergrads. Cornell has a great academic climate in a diversity of majors. It has the Ivy mystique and prestige. Engineering at Cornell is very selective.</p>

<p>MIT, Northwestern, JHU, Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon, Michigan are all excellent.</p>

3

<p>I don't think any of those schools would be bad for engineering, but you might want to ask yourself what you're looking for socially. Would it really make sense to apply to both Carnegie Mellon and U of Notre Dame for example?</p>

4

<p>Somebody forgot UIUC. Top 5 engineering school in the country.</p>

5

<p>I don't think there is a "best". Perhaps MIT? Cornell and CMU and Cal are close behind.</p>

<p>There's not much difference in the top engineering, for example, CMU and Cornell's postgrad surveys are almost exact mirrors of each other with respect to companies/salaries with small differences in certain fields (such as ECE for CMU)</p>

6

<p>Wash U is not that good for engineering.</p>

7

<p>Undergraduate engineering specialties:
Mechanical
(At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate)
Methodology
1 Massachusetts Inst. of Technology
2 Stanford University (CA)
3 University of California–Berkeley *
4 University of Michigan–Ann Arbor *
5 U. of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign *
6 Georgia Institute of Technology *
7 Purdue Univ.–West Lafayette (IN)*
8 Cornell University (NY)
9 California Institute of Technology
10 Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
11 University of Texas–Austin *
12 Pennsylvania State U.–University Park *
13 Princeton University (NJ)
14 Virginia Tech *
15 Texas A&M Univ.–College Station *
16 Univ. of Minnesota–Twin Cities *
17 Northwestern University (IL)
18 Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (NY)
19 Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison *
20 Johns Hopkins University (MD)
21 Ohio State University–Columbus *
22 Lehigh University (PA)
22 Michigan Technological University *
22 Univ. of California–San Diego *
22 Univ. of California–Santa Barbara *</p>

<p>Undergraduate engineering specialties:
Mechanical
(At schools whose highest degree is a bachelor's or master's)
Methodology
1 Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. (IN)
2 Cooper Union (NY)
3 Cal Poly–San Luis Obispo *
3 Kettering University (MI)
5 Bucknell University (PA)
6 Harvey Mudd College (CA)
7 United States Military Academy (NY)*
8 United States Naval Academy (MD)*
9 Rowan University (NJ)*
10 Bradley University (IL)
11 Lafayette College (PA)
11 Manhattan College (NY)
13 Gonzaga University (WA)
13 Swarthmore College (PA)</p>

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<p>Why would it be a problem if I applied to both CMU and Univ ND?</p>

9

<p>The student bodies are the complete opposite of one another.</p>