Engineering Ranking 2007 USNEWS

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Southern California
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<p>The following is from USNEWS 2007 rankings for top Engineernig Schools.
This is for Graduate schools, however my understanding is that USC uses the same labs and professors for Graduate and Undergrad studies, so there has to be some overlap. Granted, there are differences between Undergrad, and Graduate degrees, the classes taken, and work involved. Nonetheless, I am impressed with USC’s latest ranking. Fight On!</p>

<li>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br></li>
<li>Stanford University (CA) </li>
<li>University of California–Berkeley </li>
<li>Georgia Institute of Technology </li>
<li>University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign </li>
<li>Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN)</li>
<li>University of Michigan–Ann Arbor </li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University ¶
**9. University of Southern California (Viterbi) **</li>
<li>California Institute of Technology </li>
<li>Cornell University (NY)</li>
<li>University of California–San Diego (Jacobs) </li>
<li>University of Texas–Austin </li>
<li>Texas A&M University–College Station (Look) </li>
<li>University of California–Los Angeles (Samueli) </li>
<li>University of Maryland–College Park (Clark) </li>
<li>University of Wisconsin–Madison </li>
<li>Princeton University (NJ)</li>
<li>Pennsylvania State University–University Park </li>
<li>Columbia University (Fu Foundation) (NY)</li>
<li>Harvard University (MA)</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) (MD)</li>
<li>Northwestern University (McCormick) (IL)</li>
<li>University of California–Santa Barbara </li>
<li>University of Washington </li>
<li>Ohio State University </li>
<li>University of Florida </li>
<li>University of Minnesota–Twin Cities </li>
<li>Rice University (Brown) (TX)</li>
<li>Duke University (NC)</li>
<li>Virginia Tech </li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania </li>
<li>North Carolina State University </li>
<li>Washington University in St. Louis (Sever) </li>
<li>University of California–Davis </li>
<li>University of Rochester (NY)</li>
<li>Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)</li>
<li>University of Virginia </li>
<li>University of Colorado–Boulder </li>
<li>Yale University (CT)</li>
<li>University of California–Irvine (Samueli) </li>
<li>Boston University </li>
<li>Case Western Reserve University (OH)</li>
<li>Dartmouth College (Thayer) (NH)</li>
<li>Iowa State University<br></li>
<li>University of Delaware </li>
<li>Arizona State University (Fulton) </li>
<li>Lehigh University (Rossin) ¶</li>
<li>Rutgers State University–New Brunswick (NJ)</li>
<li>Vanderbilt University (TN)</li>
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<p>Rankings were based on:</p>

<p>Overall Score
Peer assessment score
Recruiter assessment score
average quantitative GRE score
acceptance rate
Ph.D. students/ faculty
faculty membership in Natl. Academy of Engineering
engineering school research expenditures (in millions)
research expenditures per faculty member (in thousands)
Ph.D.'s granted
total graduate engineering enrollment</p>

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<p>Rankings were for GRADUATE schools.</p>

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<p>Dragon - Yes, that was the second sentence within my first post above. I doubt that USC employs an entirely separate set of Professors for Undergrad and Graduate classes. Also, there are only so many Engineering buildings and labs at USC. I would venture to guess that Undergrads work in the same buildings, and same labs, as Grad students. I conceded, in my first post, that there are surely differences in the Graduate degree program and Undergraduate program. However, there is surely some overlap: Profs, Buildings, Labs, 'some' of the Research work, etc.</p>

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<p>I stand corrected...did not see that in your first post.</p>

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<p>Ouch...uhhh, we fell from 7th last year...well, still top 10 and above this:
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15. University of California–Los Angeles (Samueli)

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:D</p>

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<p>Wow...USC is above CalTech.</p>

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<p>Yeah...as an undergrad in Viterbi....we share faculty and facilities with grad students. Obviously, the grad students are much more involved with research, etc... but there definitely is a correlation.</p>