Complete USNews 2010 Undergrad Engineering Rankings for PhD Granting Schools

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<p>Enjoy. I don't have the complete rankings for schools that only grant a BS/MS though.</p>

<p>USNews Undergraduate General Engineering Rankings for Schools offering a PhD:</p>

<p>Rank, School, Peer Assessment Score
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 4.9
2 Stanford University Stanford, CA 4.7
2University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA 4.7
4 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 4.6
5 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 4.5
5 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL 4.5
7 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 4.3
7 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 4.3
9 Cornell University Ithaca, NY 4.2
9 Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN 4.2
9 University of Texas--Austin Austin, TX 4.2
12 Princeton University Princeton, NJ 4.0
12 University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI 4.0
14 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD 3.9
14 Northwestern University Evanston, IL 3.9
14 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 3.9
17 Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA 3.8
17 Texas A&M University--College Station College Station, TX 3.8
19 Rice University Houston, TX 3.7
19 University of California--Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 3.7
19 University of California--San Diego La Jolla, CA 3.7
19 University of Minnesota--Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN 3.7
23 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 3.6
23 University of Maryland--College Park College Park, MD 3.6
23 University of Washington Seattle, WA 3.6
26 Columbia University New York, NY 3.5
26 Duke University Durham, NC 3.5
26 Harvard University Cambridge, MA 3.5
26 North Carolina State University--Raleigh Raleigh, NC 3.5
26 Ohio State University--Columbus Columbus, OH 3.5
26 University of Florida Gainesville, FL 3.5
26 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 3.5
26 University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 3.5
34 University of California--Davis Davis, CA 3.4
34 University of California--Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 3.4
34 University of Colorado--Boulder Boulder, CO 3.4
37 Brown University Providence, RI 3.3
37 Iowa State University Ames, IA 3.3
37 University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 3.3
40 Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 3.2
41 Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA 3.2
41 Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 3.2
41 Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 3.2
41 Yale University New Haven, CT 3.2
45 Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH 3.1
45 Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 3.1
45 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ 3.1
45 University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 3.1
45 University of California--Irvine Irvine, CA 3.1
45 University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 3.1
51 Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO 3.0
51 Dartmouth College Hanover, NH 3.0
51 Drexel University Philadelphia, PA 3.0
51 University of Delaware Newark, DE 3.0
51 University of Massachusetts--Amherst Amherst, MA 3.0
51 University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 3.0
57 Boston University Boston, MA 2.9
57 Clemson University Clemson, SC 2.9
57 Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL 2.9
57 Northeastern University Boston, MA 2.9
57 Tufts University Medford, MA 2.9
57 University of Illinois--Chicago Chicago, IL 2.9
57 University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 2.9
64 Auburn University Auburn University, AL 2.8
64 Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 2.8
64 Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 2.8
64 Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI 2.8
64 Polytechnic Institute of New York University Brooklyn, NY 2.8
64 Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY 2.8
64 SUNY--Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 2.8
64 University at Buffalo--SUNY Buffalo, NY 2.8
64 University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 2.8
64 University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 2.8
64 Washington State University Pullman, WA 2.8
64 Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA 2.8
76 Missouri University of Science & Technology Rolla, MO 2.7
76 New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ 2.7
76 Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 2.7
76 Syracuse University Syracuse, NY 2.7
76 Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX 2.7
76 University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 2.7
76 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 2.7
76 University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 2.7
76 University of Rochester Rochester, NY 2.7
85 Brigham Young University--Provo Provo, UT 2.6
85 Clarkson University Potsdam, NY 2.6
85 Louisiana State University--Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA 2.6
85 Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK 2.6
85 University of California--Riverside Riverside, CA 2.6
85 University of Houston Houston, TX 2.6
85 University of Nebraska--Lincoln Lincoln, NE 2.6
85 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 2.6
85 University of North Carolina--Charlotte Charlotte, NC 2.6
85 University of Oklahoma Norman, OK 2.6
95 George Washington University Washington, DC 2.5
95 Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 2.5
95 Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ 2.5
95 University of Central Florida Orlando, FL 2.5
95 University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 2.5
95 University of Missouri Columbia, MO 2.5
95 University of Texas--Dallas Richardson, TX 2.5</p>

<p>USNews Undergraduate Engineering Specialty Rankings for Schools offering a PhD:</p>

<p>Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronautical
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
2 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA
3 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
4 Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN
5 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA
6 University of Maryland--College Park College Park, MD
7 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
8 Stanford University Stanford, CA
9 University of Texas--Austin Austin, TX
10 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA
11 Princeton University Princeton, NJ
12 Texas A&M University--College Station College Station, TX
13 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
13 Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA
15 University of Washington Seattle, WA
16 University of Colorado--Boulder Boulder, CO
17 University of California--Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA
18 Iowa State University Ames, IA
18 North Carolina State University--Raleigh Raleigh, NC</p>

<p>Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Agricultural
1 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
2 Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN
3 Iowa State University Ames, IA
3 Texas A&M University--College Station College Station, TX
5 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
6 University of California--Davis Davis, CA
7 North Carolina State University--Raleigh Raleigh, NC
7 University of Florida Gainesville, FL
9 Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA
10 University of Nebraska--Lincoln Lincoln, NE
11 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA
12 Ohio State University--Columbus Columbus, OH</p>

<p>Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Biomedical/Biomedical Engineering
1 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD
2 Duke University Durham, NC
3 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA
4 University of California--San Diego La Jolla, CA
5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
6 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
7 University of Washington Seattle, WA
8 Boston University Boston, MA
9 Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH
9 Rice University Houston, TX
9 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
12 Northwestern University Evanston, IL
13 Stanford University Stanford, CA
14 University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA
15 Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN
16 University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI
17 Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO
18 University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA
19 University of Texas--Austin Austin, TX
20 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
21 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
21 University of Minnesota--Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN
21 University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA
24 University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT</p>

<p>Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Chemical
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
2 University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA
3 University of Minnesota--Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN
4 University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI
5 Stanford University Stanford, CA
6 University of Texas--Austin Austin, TX
7 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA
7 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
9 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA
10 University of Delaware Newark, DE
11 Princeton University Princeton, NJ
12 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
13 Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN
14 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
15 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA
16 Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA
17 Northwestern University Evanston, IL
18 University of California--Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA
19 North Carolina State University--Raleigh Raleigh, NC
20 Iowa State University Ames, IA
20 Texas A&M University--College Station College Station, TX
20 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
23 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD
23 University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA
23 University of Washington Seattle, WA
23 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA</p>

<p>Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Civil
1 University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA
2 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
3 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA
4 University of Texas--Austin Austin, TX
5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
5 Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN
7 Stanford University Stanford, CA
8 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
9 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
10 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA
11 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA
12 Texas A&M University--College Station College Station, TX
13 University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI
14 Northwestern University Evanston, IL
15 North Carolina State University--Raleigh Raleigh, NC
16 Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA
17 Princeton University Princeton, NJ
18 Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA
18 University of Florida Gainesville, FL
20 Clemson University Clemson, SC
20 Iowa State University Ames, IA</p>

<p>Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Computer Engineering
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
2 University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA
3 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
4 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA
5 Stanford University Stanford, CA
6 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA
7 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
8 University of Texas--Austin Austin, TX
9 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA
10 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
11 Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN
12 University of Washington Seattle, WA
13 Princeton University Princeton, NJ
14 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA
15 University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI
16 University of California--San Diego La Jolla, CA
16 University of Maryland--College Park College Park, MD</p>

<p>Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Electrical/Electronic/Communications
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
2 Stanford University Stanford, CA
2 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
4 University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA
5 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA
6 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
7 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA
8 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
9 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA
10 Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN
11 University of Texas--Austin Austin, TX
12 Princeton University Princeton, NJ
13 University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI
14 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA
15 Texas A&M University--College Station College Station, TX
15 University of California--Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA
17 University of California--San Diego La Jolla, CA
17 University of Maryland--College Park College Park, MD
19 Duke University Durham, NC
19 Rice University Houston, TX</p>

<p>Undergraduate engineering specialties: Engineering Science/Engineering Physics
1 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA
2 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
3 University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA
4 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
5 Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA</p>

<p>Undergraduate engineering specialties: Environmental/Environmental Health
1 Stanford University Stanford, CA
2 University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA
3 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
4 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
5 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA
5 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD
7 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
8 University of Texas--Austin Austin, TX
9 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA
10 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
11 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA
11 Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN
11 University of Florida Gainesville, FL
14 North Carolina State University--Raleigh Raleigh, NC
15 Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI
16 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA
17 Northwestern University Evanston, IL
18 Clarkson University Potsdam, NY
18 University of Colorado--Boulder Boulder, CO
18 University of North Carolina--Charlotte Charlotte, NC
18 Yale University New Haven, CT</p>

<p>Undergraduate engineering specialties: Industrial/Manufacturing
1 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA
2 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
3 Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN
4 Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA
5 University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA
5 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA
7 Texas A&M University--College Station College Station, TX
8 Stanford University Stanford, CA
9 Northwestern University Evanston, IL
10 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
10 University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI
12 North Carolina State University--Raleigh Raleigh, NC
13 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
14 Ohio State University--Columbus Columbus, OH
14 University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA
16 Columbia University New York, NY
17 Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA
18 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY
18 University of Florida Gainesville, FL</p>

<p>Undergraduate engineering specialties: Materials
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
2 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
3 University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA
4 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
5 Northwestern University Evanston, IL
6 Stanford University Stanford, CA
7 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA
8 Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA
8 University of Florida Gainesville, FL
10 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
11 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA
12 Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN
13 University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI
14 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
15 Ohio State University--Columbus Columbus, OH
15 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA
17 Iowa State University Ames, IA
17 Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI
17 University of Minnesota--Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN
17 University of Texas--Austin Austin, TX</p>

<p>Undergraduate engineering specialties: Mechanical
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
2 University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA
3 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
4 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA
4 Stanford University Stanford, CA
6 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
7 Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN
8 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA
9 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
10 University of Texas--Austin Austin, TX
11 Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA
12 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA
13 University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI
14 Princeton University Princeton, NJ
14 Texas A&M University--College Station College Station, TX
14 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA
17 Northwestern University Evanston, IL
18 University of Minnesota--Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN
19 University of California--Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA
20 Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA
20 University of California--San Diego La Jolla, CA
20 University of Maryland--College Park College Park, MD</p>

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<p>Thanks, it was useful.</p>

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<p>dang…ISU is coming up! smile : )</p>

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<p>… AND since we are talking about undergrad, there are several undergrad-only schools that aren’t on this list that should be in the top 10 in nearly every category.</p>

<p>I’m not exactly sure what use a “undergrad ranking at institutions granting PhD” is, since PhD programs have nothing to do with undergraduate education! I find the USNWR categorization silly. How about “best undergraduate engineering programs” where we put schools like Harvey Mudd and Olin against MIT and Stanford?!</p>

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<p>I agree, I would be interested to see where engineering deans across the country place a school like Olin or Rose-Hulman or Rowan or Kettering in a ranking of all schools.</p>

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<p>can someone post the graduate school rankings?</p>

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<p>the complete rankings are online…</p>

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<p>Was there a ranking for Petroleum Engineering?</p>

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<p>No, US News didn’t rank petroleum engineering schools</p>

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<p>Can someone help with posting undergraduate without PHDs</p>

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<p>i’m broke. :(</p>

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<p>Best Colleges 2010
Home > Education > Best Colleges > Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs Best Colleges Specialty Rankings: Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
Ranked in 2009
1 Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA 4.5
1 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, IN 4.5
3 Cooper Union New York, NY 4.3
4 United States Military Academy West Point, NY 4.1
5 United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD 4.0
6 California Polytechnic State University–San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA 3.9
United States Air Force Academy USAF Academy, CO 3.9
8 Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 3.8
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Needham, MA 3.8
10 Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, WI 3.6
Villanova University Villanova, PA 3.6</p>

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<p>“1 Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA 4.5
1 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, IN 4.5
3 Cooper Union New York, NY 4.3
4 United States Military Academy West Point, NY 4.1
5 United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD 4.0
6 California Polytechnic State University–San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA 3.9
United States Air Force Academy USAF Academy, CO 3.9
8 Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 3.8
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Needham, MA 3.8
10 Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, WI 3.6
Villanova University Villanova, PA 3.6”</p>

<p>I’m going to say this like I say every year…</p>

<p>I’m an HMC alum and I think that this ranking is stupid, even if we are #1 on it. It means nothing. I want to see a comparison of undergraduate engineering programs across all colleges/universities. Until then, no, I don’t think much of the schools of this list.</p>

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<p>rocketDA, that is so hard to do though. The research expenditures are so much different and the philosophies are so different that there really is no objective way to compare them (assuming you consider USNWR to be objective in the first place, which I do not). It would be a very interesting comparison for sure, but I don’t really see how anyone could do it without some massive study about engineering education so as to determine how to weight all the different parameters correctly. It would be hard to compare the advantage that a student gets at Michigan or UIUC (for example) by working with some world renowned professor to the advantage of the close personal attention that is common at Harvy Mudd or Rose-Hulman. It would be neat to see though.</p>

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<p>HMC is also rated in the top 10 in a number of engineering specialties in the USNWR survey. This, despite the fact that HMC offers none of the majors cited. HMC offers exactly one engineering degree, and that is General Engineering for which it has an excellent reputation. </p>

<p>But Wow! Imagine being singled out as being among the best at what you do, and you don’t even do it. Impressive? Obviously this USNWR survey is crap. </p>

<p>This glaring inattention to detail renders all of the other USNWR’s ratings/surveys highly suspect, if not outright dismissible.</p>

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<p>This could have saved me $20 subscription if I looked here first…</p>

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<p>The new rankings will be released in 22 days.</p>

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<p>Texas A&M baby!!!</p>

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<p>If the school you go for engineering is not listed here, does that mean it sucks? And graduating with a degree from such a place would hurt your job opportunities compared to ones on that list?</p>

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<p>Well of course it does. What else could it mean?</p>

<p>Was the sound of my eyes rolling audible? Of course it doesn’t mean that. Just because your school isn’t top N doesn’t mean it is terrible. It may have fallen through the cracks, it may be a new program, it may be underrated, or it may be terrible. Take your pick.</p>