When selecting engineering schools, should the USNWR engineering ranking be the final word? Or does ABET accreditation mean more than the ranking?
All the top ranked programs have ABET accreditation. If you are going to major in a type of engineering where ABET accreditation is available, then definitely choose a program that is accredited.
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Not all top ranked schools have ABET accreditation. ABET follows them, not leads them.
For example, Stanford and Caltech don’t have accreditation in CS, aerospace engineering,…
Stanford has no accreditation in electrical engineering.
CMU has no accreditation in CS.
MIT and UC Berkeley have no accreditation in bioengineering.
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