Electrical engineering ratings

College Majors Engineering Majors
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<p>Can anyone post the usnews electrical engineering ratings? Should those ratings have a big weight on my college decision?
I heard that usnews ratings are completely bogus. Is this true?</p>

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<p>ba ba bump</p>

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<p>Schools whose highest degree is a bachelor's or master's</p>

<ol>
<li> Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. (IN)</li>
<li> Cooper Union (NY)</li>
<li> Harvey Mudd College (CA)</li>
<li> Cal Poly–San Luis Obispo </li>
<li> United States Naval Academy (MD)</li>
<li> Bucknell University (PA)
United States Air Force Acad. (CO)</li>
<li> Kettering University (MI)
Milwaukee School of Engineering
United States Military Academy (NY)</li>
<li> Loyola Marymount University (CA)
San Jose State University (CA)</li>
<li> Calif. State Poly. Univ.–Pomona *</li>
<li> Bradley University (IL)
Ohio Northern University
Rowan University (NJ)</li>
<li> Lafayette College (PA)
Santa Clara University (CA)
Univ. of Massachusetts–Dartmouth *
University of Michigan–Dearborn *
Valparaiso University (IN)</li>
</ol>

<p>Schools whose highest degree is a doctorate</p>

<ol>
<li> Massachusetts Inst. of Technology</li>
<li> Stanford University (CA)</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> California Institute of Technology</li>
<li> Cornell University (NY)</li>
<li> Purdue Univ.–West Lafayette (IN)</li>
<li> Carnegie Mellon University (PA)</li>
<li> University of Texas–Austin *</li>
<li> Princeton University (NJ)</li>
<li> Univ. of California–Los Angeles *</li>
<li> Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison *</li>
<li> Rice University (TX)</li>
<li> Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (NY)
Univ. of Southern California</li>
<li> Northwestern University (IL)</li>
<li> Duke University (NC)
Texas A&M Univ.–College Station *
Univ. of California–San Diego *
University of Washington *
Virginia Tech *</li>
<li> Pennsylvania State U.–University Park *
Univ. of Maryland–College Park *
Univ. of Minnesota–Twin Cities *</li>
<li> Johns Hopkins University (MD)</li>
</ol>

<p>The rankings are ok for getting a general idea of good schools, and there is a definite difference between say #20 and #1, but much less than that there is little difference. It's more of a factor of, is the college a good fit for you?</p>

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<p>For EE, if you prefer medium/slightly bigger sized schools, I recommend going to Michigan, Cornell, UIUC, MIT, Cal-tech, Stanford, Berkeley, Princeton, and CMU.</p>

<p>For smaller sized schools, I recommend Rose-hulman, cooper union, harvey mudd, bucknell, rice.</p>

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<p>Actually, despite its many flaws, the USNWR subject rankings are usually pretty accurate since they are determined by experts in their respective fields. But where people go wrong is in assuming that there is a clear difference between #4 and #14. Or between #7 and #21. There are so many awesome programs in most major fields of study, including EE, that there is virtually no difference once you are looking at the top 20 or so programs.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the input guys.
Can you do me once last favor and post ratings for computer science, I'm still deciding between the two.</p>

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<p>I agree with Alexandre, but I would extend it down much further than #20. There are many great programs in the top #100.</p>