<p>So which schools are famous for producing high-tech start ups. I know the obvious, caltech, stanford, and MIT (I applied to all three but seriously doubt my chances). But are any of you familiar with other schools that are particularly known for producing entrepreneurs in the engineering field.</p>
<p>I understand that ultimately it is up to the person to start such a venture, and the college you attend has no bearing on one's ability to do so. I am simply looking for a rough idea.</p>
<p>Look in areas that generally have high vc and start-up activity like SF Bay Area and Boston.</p>
<p>Then, look at schools that have excellent business schools and/or engineering students that tend not to go into engineering, i.e. Harvard or Berkeley (which go into engineering too, but Haas is a good school).</p>
<p>Gives a list toward the bottom of various measures that you seem to be interested in, including number of startups. I probably wouldn't look at some of those stats like income or anything like that because one insanely profitable asset can be 99% of the income.</p>
<p>ahh very interesting. It looks like:</p>
<p>UC System
Caltech
MIT
UPenn
Georgia Tech
Stanford
Johns Hopkins
Harvard
Cornell</p>
<p>are all pretty high up there. I personally would discount UC due to the large amount of total students, perhaps with the exception of UCLA and Cal.</p>
<p>Thanks for the data, it looks like I applied to 5 of those schools! yay :)</p>
<p>quantize,</p>
<p>Drexel in Philadelphia has a rigorous top notch engineering college is also the #3 school in the country for entrepreneurs. I go there right now and we even have a specialized major I am in that combines operations management/entrepreneurship/and business with engineering. Drexel actually helps out many start up engineering companies and gives them like $100,000 in prizes for business plans. They have a wide variety of resources for any aspiring entrepreneur. One being the "Drexel Smarthouse" which is a house that a Drexel club runs specifically for testing newly engineering products in every day life. Some products from the Smarthouse have been bought out by other companies, patented, or becomes the flagship for a start up.</p>
<p>Here are some links to explore:</p>
<p>Drexel</a> Smart House Home
Drexel</a> Entrepreneur Association - Welcome!
LeBow</a> : Centers of Excellence : Baiada Center for Entrepreneurship
Top</a> 25 Undergraduate Entrepreneurial Colleges for 2008 ? Entrepreneur.com</p>