<p>Anybody know of any good schools that have decent electrical engineering programs? Right now all i got is the U of Minnesota. Thanks for any help</p>
<p>Cornell has a pretty decent ECE program. ECE is about the same as EE except you get a little more coursework in computer engineering in an ECE program. The Cornell program tends to be taught at a more theoretical level...less applied but still plenty of applications to real-world problems.</p>
<p>There are dozens of decent programs ranging from Caltech/MIT/Stanford/Berkeley/CMU to second tier EE schools. In the second tier EE schools, I think the graduation rates are pretty low (start in EE, finish in EE)...maybe 40%.</p>
<p>Rice University</p>
<p>thanks for the replies</p>
<p>Group I:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford University
University of California-Berkeley</p>
<p>Group II:
California Institute of Technology
Cornell University
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor</p>
<p>Group III:
Carnegie Mellon University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Princeton University
Purdue University
University of Texas Austin</p>
<p>Group IV:
Duke University
Northwestern University
Rice University
University of Wisconsin-Madison</p>
<p>Penn State - University Park
RPI</p>
<p>1 Stanford<br>
2 MIT<br>
3 Illinois<br>
4 Cal Berkeley<br>
5 Cal Tech<br>
6 Michigan<br>
7 Cornell<br>
8 Purdue<br>
9 Princeton<br>
10 UCLA<br>
11 Southern Cal<br>
12 Carnegie Mellon<br>
13 Georgia Tech<br>
14 Texas<br>
15 Columbia<br>
16 Wisconsin<br>
17 Maryland<br>
18 Minnesota<br>
19 Cal Santa Barbara<br>
20 Cal San Diego</p>
<p>Engineering Specialties: Electrical/Electronic/Communications
New! Ranked in 2005* </p>
<p>Rank/School Average assessment
score (5.0=highest)
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 5.0
University of California¨CBerkeley 5.0
3. Stanford University (CA) 4.9
4. University of Illinois¨CUrbana-Champaign 4.8
5. California Institute of Technology 4.7
6. Georgia Institute of Technology 4.5
University of Michigan¨CAnn Arbor 4.5
8. Carnegie Mellon University (PA) 4.4
9. Cornell University (NY) 4.3
10. Princeton University (NJ) 4.2
Purdue University¨CWest Lafayette (IN) 4.2
12. University of Texas¨CAustin 4.1
13. University of California¨CLos Angeles (Samueli) 4.0
University of Southern California (Andrew and Erna Viterbi) 4.0
15. University of Wisconsin¨CMadison 3.9
16. University of Maryland¨CCollege Park (Clark) 3.8
University of Washington 3.8
18. Pennsylvania State University¨CUniversity Park 3.7
Rice University (Brown) (TX) 3.7
Texas A&M University¨CCollege Station (Look) 3.7
University of California¨CSan Diego (Jacobs) 3.7
University of California¨CSanta Barbara 3.7
University of Minnesota¨CTwin Cities 3.7
24. Columbia University (Fu Foundation) (NY) 3.6
Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) (MD) 3.6
Ohio State University 3.6
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) 3.6
28. Northwestern University (IL) 3.5
29. Arizona State University (Fulton) 3.4
Duke University (NC) 3.4
North Carolina State University 3.4
University of Colorado¨CBoulder 3.4
University of Florida 3.4
University of Pennsylvania 3.4
Virginia Tech 3.4
36. University of Arizona 3.3
Yale University (CT) 3.3
38. Brown University (RI) 3.2
Iowa State University 3.2
University of California¨CDavis 3.2
University of Notre Dame (IN) 3.2
University of Virginia 3.2
Washington University in St. Louis (Sever) 3.2
44. Case Western Reserve University (OH) 3.1
Michigan State University 3.1
Rutgers State University¨CNew Brunswick (NJ) 3.1
University of Massachusetts¨CAmherst 3.1
Vanderbilt University (TN) 3.1
49. University of California¨CIrvine (Samueli) 3.0
50. Boston University 2.9
Dartmouth College (Thayer) (NH) 2.9
Drexel University (PA) 2.9
Northeastern University (MA) 2.9
University of Rochester (NY) 2.9</p>
<p>Gourman Report undergraduate ranking for electrical engineering:</p>
<p>MIT
Stanford
UC Berkeley
U Illinois Urbana Champaign
UCLA
Cornell
Purdue
USC
Princeton
U Michigan Ann Arbor
Carnegie Mellon
Polytechnic U
U Texas Austin
Columbia
Georgia Tech
U Maryland College Park
Ohio State
Stevens Institute of Technology
U Minnesota
Northwestern
UC Santa Barbara
U Florida
RPI
Johns Hopkins
Rice
Brown
U Wisconsin Madison
U Arizona
UC San Diego
U Colorado Boulder
Washington U St Louis
U Pennsylvania
Yale
Virginia Tech
Penn State University Park
Case Western
U Missouri Rolla
U Mass Amherst
Syracuse
Michigan State
U Notre Dame
U Pittsburgh
Iowa State
North Carolina St
U Washington
Texas A&M
Southern Methodist
UC Davis
Duke
SUNY Stony Brook
U Tennessee Knoxville
Arizona State
U Kansas
U Hawaii Manoa
Texas Tech
Colorado State
SUNY Buffalo
U Utah
US Air Force Academy
U Iowa
CUNY City College
U Connecticut</p>
<p>Whoa.... too see so many rankings differ by so much makes me start to doubt them. I think Alexandre's list is probably the closest to reality, although i think Caltech should be in group 1.</p>
<p>I agree haha. Tiers is the way to go.</p>
<p>If you are uncomfortable with a continous ranking that discriminates every school, it is easy enough to break down the continuous ranking into groups of 5 or 10 to yield tiers. All the information necessary to create tiers is contained in a continuous ranking with finer distinctions. But, you can't go from tiers to individual ranks.</p>
<p>Which of these ranking lists are for
Undergraduate Programs
, vs combined with graduate schools?</p>
<p>Gourman Report is undergraduate.</p>
<p>Btw where is Caltech in that gourman report ranking?</p>
<p>collegehelp, why is Caltech not on the Gourman report for EE (or did I just miss it)?</p>
<p>Why is Caltech not listed in the Gourman Report for undergrad electrical engineering? .... good question...I had not noticed that.</p>
<p>Caltech isn't listed for the related field of computer engineering either. Nor is it listed for mechanical. industrial, and civil. It is listed fourth for undergrad chemical engineering. It is listed number one for both physics and chemistry.</p>
<p>I don't think the omission is a typo. And, it is surprising.</p>
<p>Among graduate programs, Caltech is in the top 5 for civil, electrical, computer, and mechanical engineering. Gourman evidently likes Caltech PhD programs but not all bachelors programs.</p>
<p>I have always thought Caltech would be great for a PhD in engineering but not for a bachelors. Their graduation rate has not been too good historically. I know I am in the minority about that, so it is surprising that Gourman seems to agree. </p>
<p>I think it also points out that the Gourman formulas vary by department, and the data is department-specific. No "halo effect" departments rating highly on the coattails of another department.</p>
<p>I am just speculating. I don't really know the reason. Like you, I am surprised.</p>
<p>According to the latest USNWR undergraduate EE rankings (published in August of '05):</p>
<h1>1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology</h1>
<h1>2 Stanford University</h1>
<h1>3 University of California-Berkeley</h1>
<h1>4 University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign</h1>
<h1>5 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor</h1>
<h1>6 Georgia Institute of Technology</h1>
<h1>7 California Institute of Technology</h1>
<h1>8 Cornell University</h1>
<h1>9 Purdue University-West Lafayette</h1>
<h1>10 Carnegie Mellon University</h1>
<h1>11 University of Texas-Austin</h1>
<h1>12 Princeton University</h1>
<h1>13 University of California-Los Angeles</h1>
<h1>14 University of Wisconsin-Madison</h1>
<h1>15 Rice University</h1>
<h1>16 Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute</h1>
<h1>16 University of Southern California</h1>
<h1>18 Northwestern University</h1>
<h1>19 Duke University</h1>
<h1>19 Texas A&M University-College Station</h1>
<h1>19 University of California-San Diego</h1>
<h1>19 University of Washington</h1>
<h1>19 Virginia Tech</h1>
<h1>24 Pennsylvania State University-University Park</h1>
<h1>24 University of Maryland-College Park</h1>
<h1>24 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities</h1>
<h1>27 Johns Hopkins University</h1>
<p>Georgia Tech is excellent but very much an example of natural selection. It is highly ranked in spite of a relatively low graduation rate. More applied and less theoretical than others in the top ten. Those who survive generally do well in the real world.</p>
<p>EE will be more all less the same in the top 20-30 of any ranking...the reputation of the overall college is different</p>