<p>GT is 4 and UIUC is 5 in Graduate School, both are 5 for Undergraduate Education.</p>
<p>Now if you want to argue that USNWR has a system of rankings so accurate that this automatically means that one is better than the other, be my guest, because I can no longer take you seriously if you do. The fact is, the two flip back and forth along with CalTech for that number 4 spot in most years with the others either being tied or in 5th and/or 6th. That is hardly conclusive, and that is assuming that you take the US News rankings to be the absolute indicator of program strength.</p>
<p>I went to UIUC and I nearly went to GT for grad school (chose another offer due to a better funding package) and I can tell you first hand that the professors at GT and UIUC do not regard one as being superior to the other. In fact, the two schools often use each other as a benchmark since their engineering programs are so unbelievably close in quality.</p>