<p>This trend isn't surprising. In fact, what I find surprising is that it took so long for such a trend to materialize. In Asia and Europe, Engineers are very respected. More so than Businessmen and Lawyers and on par with Doctors. In the US, Engineering has always been considered a Blue Collar profession. And this is reflected by which universities are tops in Engineering. Almost half of the top 20 Engineering programs are schools that were traditionally agricultural colleges, like Illinois, Texas A&M, Penn State, Purdue, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Virginia Tech etc... Can you imagine so many ag schools making it into the top 20 MBA programs or top 20 Law Schools?</p>