Is Stanford graduate school not that great?

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<p>I hear that Stanford is great for undergraduate but not so great for graduate school. I hear that UC Berkeley, UCLA, and UCSD beats it in graduate school especially in engineering. Is this true?</p>

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<p>Absolutely false, although Berkeley may be a tad better for some disciplines: [NRC</a> Rankings](<a href=“NRC Rankings”>NRC Rankings)</p>

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<p>Stanford has the better professional (business, law, medicine) schools. The others have some strong areas such as BME at UCSD, enginerring at Cal, etc.</p>

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<p>I believe it is actually quite the opposite</p>

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<p>Heidegger, you decide.</p>

<p>Here is engineering, but in other areas, only UC Berkeley is comparable to Stanford in graduate school rankings. UCLA and UCSD don’t even get close.</p>

<p>[Rankings</a> - Best Engineering Schools - Graduate Schools - Education - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/rankings]Rankings”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/rankings)</p>

<p>Rankings</p>

<p>**Best Engineering Schools
Ranked in 2010 **</p>

<p>My Compare Schools List Sort by Rank | Name
Score 2009-2010 Tuition Total graduate engineering enrollment Distance<br>
Rank</p>

<p>1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
100 Full-time: $37,510 per year 2,702 Enter your zip<br>
Rank
**2 Stanford University **Stanford, CA
98 Full-time: $39,840 per year 3,399 Enter your zip<br>
Rank
**3 University of California–Berkeley **Berkeley, CA
90 In-state, full-time: $0 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $15,036 per year 1,768 Enter your zip<br>
Rank
4 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA
86 In-state, full-time: $6,884 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $24,956 per year 4,530 Enter your zip<br>
Rank
5 University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL
81 In-state, full-time: $13,636 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $26,902 per year 2,663 Enter your zip<br>
Rank
6 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA
79 Full-time: $35,700 per year 2,240 Enter your zip<br>
Rank
7 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA
76 Full-time: $33,324 per year 532 Enter your zip<br>
Rank
8 University of Michigan–Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
75 In-state, full-time: $19,690 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $37,058 per year 2,660 Enter your zip<br>
Rank
9 University of Texas–Austin (Cockrell) Austin, TX
74 In-state, full-time: $8,414 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $15,510 per year 2,450 Enter your zip<br>
Rank
10 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
72 Full-time: $29,500 per year 1,610 Enter your zip<br>
Rank
10 University of Southern California (Viterbi) Los Angeles, CA
72 Full-time: $24,912 per year 4,144 Enter your zip<br>
Rank
12 Texas A&M University–College Station (Look) College Station, TX
70 In-state, full-time: $222 per credit, Out-of-state, full-time: $503 per credit 2,906 Enter your zip<br>
Rank
13 Purdue University–West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN
69 In-state, full-time: $9,182 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $25,662 per year 2,625 Enter your zip<br>
Rank
**13 University of California–San Diego <a href=“Jacobs”>/B</a> La Jolla, CA
69 In-state, full-time: $0 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $14,694 per year 1,345 Enter your zip<br>
Rank
**15 University of California–Los Angeles <a href=“Samueli”>/B</a> Los Angeles, CA
67 In-state, full-time: $0 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $15,042 per year 1,635 Enter your zip<br>
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15 University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI
67 In-state, full-time: $10,517 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $25,072 per year 1,750 Enter your zip<br>
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17 Princeton University Princeton, NJ
65 Full-time: $36,610 per year 517 Enter your zip<br>
Rank
18 Columbia University (Fu Foundation) New York, NY
64 Full-time: $39,240 per year 1,841 Enter your zip<br>
Rank
19 Harvard University Cambridge, MA
63 Full-time: $33,696 per year 356 Enter your zip<br>
Rank
19 University of California–Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA
63 In-state, full-time: $0 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $15,349 per year 671 Enter your zip<br>
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21 Northwestern University (McCormick) Evanston, IL
62 Full-time: $38,088 per year 1,343 Enter your zip<br>
Rank
22 University of Maryland–College Park (Clark) College Park, MD
61 In-state, full-time: $8,478 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $18,288 per year 1,895 Enter your zip<br>
Rank
23 Pennsylvania State University–University Park University Park, PA
57 In-state, full-time: $14,412 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $24,492 per year 1,665 Enter your zip<br>
Rank
23 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
57 Full-time: $24,720 per year 1,244 Enter your zip<br>
Rank
25 Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) Baltimore, MD
56 Full-time: $39,150 per year 2,825 Enter your zip</p>

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<p>How about electrical engineering and computer science?</p>

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<p>Other Graduate School Department Rankings</p>

<p>Biological Sciences
1 - Stanford
2 - UC Berkeley
15 - UCSD
24 - UCLA</p>

<p>Chemistry
1 - UCB
4 - Stanford
16 - UCLA
21 - UCSD</p>

<p>Computer Science
1 - Stanford
1 - UCB
14 - UCLA
14 - UCSD</p>

<p>Earth Sciences
3 - UCB
4 - Stanford
17 - UCLA
17 - UCSD</p>

<p>Mathematics
2 - Stanford
2 - UCB
8 - UCLA
20 - UCSD</p>

<p>Physics

  1. Stanford
  2. UCB
  3. UCSD
  4. UCLA</p>
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<p>Standford is better then Berkely in all the engineering preferences, but Berkely isn’t too behind.</p>

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<p>Examples of inventions by Stanford are:</p>

<p>Microprocessor
atomic clock
TEX
matlab
microsoft word
internet (TCP/IP protocol, ethernet, 56k modem, DSL, multiprotocol internet router, google, Yahoo)
public key cryptography
digital music synthesis
GPS
laser
bioengineering
first robot arm
first robot cart
micro array
micro-wave
1st expert system
1st radio station in the world
satelite dish
spy satelite
klystron-the foundation of radar
Stanley, the driverless car winning the 1st DARPA race
…</p>