<p>How is Vandy's engineering program?</p>
<p>It's pretty good. Small class sizes, good professor accessibility, and excellent facilities. It also has good research opportunities. These were the top reasons why I elected to enroll in VUSE this fall.</p>
<p>How is it compared to what? It's the second-largest school in Vanderbilt (behind Arts & Science, larger than Peabody or Blair). I beleive their best department is biomedical engineering (ranked 14th in the nation by US News and World Reports).</p>
<p>whoa, ranked 14th for undergraduate? I didn't know it was that high.</p>
<p>U.S. News does not rate undergraduate departments. Such distinctions are usually not meaningful at the undergraduate level.</p>
<p>To say US News does not rank undergraduate departments is well, not accurate. (i.e. <a href="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankengineering_brief.php%5B/url%5D">http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankengineering_brief.php</a> - just click any of the specialties to see US News rank the undergrad departments).</p>
<p>As for where I found where Vanderbilt ranked, it was at <a href="http://www.eng.vt.edu/finance_operations/External%20Reviews/Underranks=depts04.doc%5B/url%5D">http://www.eng.vt.edu/finance_operations/External%20Reviews/Underranks=depts04.doc</a></p>
<p>My apologies. It appears I was incorrect.</p>
<p>I still maintain that it is not meaningful (except in a very few special cases and in an overall broad sweep - i.e. MIT to Vanderbilt to Cal State Fullerton to Junior College) to rate engineering departments at an undergraduate level. Most undergraduates do not end up exceeding the limits of their department and/or doing research, two areas that would be affected by the quality of one's department. Most engineering cirriculums are identical at the undergraduate level.</p>