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no. caltech is better than stanford in engineering. period.
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<p>Oh really? Is that right? Isn't it interesting that none of the rankings seem to agree with you?</p>
<p>USNews Graduate Edition, overall engineering:
1) MIT
2) Stanford
3) Berkeley
4) Georgia Tech
5) Illinois
6) Caltech</p>
<p>USNews Graduate Engineering, individual disciplines:</p>
<p>Aero/Astro
1)Caltech
1)Stanford</p>
<p>Biomedical/BioE
12)Stanford
22)Caltech</p>
<p>ChemE</p>
<p>2)Caltech
6)Stanford</p>
<p>CivilE
3)Stanford
9)Caltech</p>
<p>ComputerE
2)Stanford
6)Caltech</p>
<p>ElectricalE
2)Stanford
5)Caltech</p>
<p>EnvironmentalE
1)Stanford
8)Caltech</p>
<p>IndustrialE
5)Stanford
unranked-Caltech</p>
<p>Materials Science
6)Stanford
12)Caltech</p>
<p>MechanicalE
1)Stanford
3)Caltech</p>
<p>NuclearE
both schools unranked</p>
<p>PetroleumE
1)Stanford
Caltech unranked</p>
<p>USNews undergraduate engineering (for those programs that offer doctorates).</p>
<ol>
<li>Massachusetts Inst. of Technology </li>
<li>Stanford University (CA) </li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University (PA) </li>
<li>University of California–Berkeley * </li>
<li>U. of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign * </li>
<li>University of Michigan–Ann Arbor * </li>
<li>Georgia Institute of Technology * </li>
<li>University of Texas–Austin * </li>
<li>Cornell University (NY) </li>
<li>California Institute of Technology </li>
</ol>
<p>NRC rankings:</p>
<p>Aero/Astro
1)Caltech
3)Stanford</p>
<p>BiomedE
12)Stanford
unranked-Caltech</p>
<p>ChemEng
6)Caltech
7)Stanford</p>
<p>CivE
3)Stanford
6)Caltech</p>
<p>Electrical Eng
1)Stanford
5)Caltech</p>
<p>Industrial Eng
7) Stanford
Caltech unranked</p>
<p>Materials Science
6) Stanford
12)Caltech</p>
<p>Mechanical Eng
1)Stanford
4)Caltech</p>
<p>So I see that Stanford beats Caltech in both the undergraduate and graduate USNews engineering rankings. Caltech beats Stanford in one of the USNews graduate engineering individual disciplines (chemE), Caltech ties Stanford in another (Aero), and Stanford beats Caltech in 8 individual disciplines. Hence, the record would be 8-1-1 in favor of Stanford. {And that doesn't even count the 2 individual engineering disciplines for which Stanford is ranked and Caltech isn't ranked}. Stanford beats Caltech in 4 of the 6 NRC engineering rankings in which both schools are ranked, and that doesnt' even count the 2 disciplines that Stanford is also ranked but that Caltech is unranked in. </p>
<p>I don't know about you, but that seems pretty overwhelming to me. So perhaps you'd like to explain to explain how "caltech is better than stanford in engineering period"? If anything, the data indicates that Stanford is better than Caltech in engineering, period.</p>
<p>But hey, don't take my word for it. See the data for yourself. Get yourself a copy of USNews, grad + undergrad. If you want to see the NRC rankings, here they are. Then perhaps you can come back and explain how Caltech is supposed to be better in engineering. </p>