<p>Actually, you will get a very solid engineering background at ANY of the top 50 according to US News... DO <strong>NOT</strong> take the numerical
ranking too seriously... but that list of 50 is a good STARTING point... you can narrow it down more based on other factors, such as particular specialty, whether you think you can get in, geographic location, etc. Lists like that should be used as just one piece of info... do not get hung up on the actual ranking.</p>