<p>^^If one goes by NRC, Northwestern is #7 (S-rank high) or #8 (R-rank high).</p>
<p>[NRC</a> Rankings Overview: Chemical Engineering - Faculty - The Chronicle of Higher Education](<a href=“NRC Rankings Overview: Chemical Engineering”>NRC Rankings Overview: Chemical Engineering)</p>
<p>NRC is ranking graduate schools. This is an UNDERGRADUATE forum!
CE = civil engineering</p>
<p>If you’re applying to UC’s, UCSB has great ChemE and physics programs. Worth the check box and small application fee.</p>
<p>They are twins academically. I would pick Northwestern. Not into the Duke social culture at all. Also, Chicago >>>>> Durham.</p>