<p>What are the best overall engineering schools out there? Preferably on/near the east coast? </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>MIT is one...</p>
<p>1 Massachusetts Inst of Technology
2 Stanford University
3 University of California-Berkeley
4 California Institute Technology
5 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
6 Georgia Institute of Technology
7 University of Michigan
8 Cornell University
9 Carnegie Mellon University
10 University of Texas at Austin</p>
<p>Stan's</a> Life</p>
<p>Ive read some good things about Rice. Where would they rank?</p>
<p>In terms of ranking, probably not all that high. But I'd go to Rice over all the schools on the top 10 list barring Stanford and Cornell.</p>
<p>UPenn-----</p>
<p>Rice generally ranks in the top 20 for engineering. What type of engineering are you interested in? Rice has a very strong engineering program in a small university setting with close interaction with faculty, extensive research opportunities, and easy access to a broad range of other classes.</p>
<p>If you're looking for schools that aren't as competitive as MIT or Caltech, check out Carnegie Mellon, Clarkson, Case Western, Rose Hulman, UMich, and RPI. A few of those give out really excellent merit aid.
As far as Rice goes, it's strong all-around, you really can't go wrong with Rice ;)</p>
<p>Massachusetts Institute of Technology Engineers
RPI Red Hawks
Carnegie Mellon University Tartans
Drexel University Dragons
Case Western Reserve University Spartans</p>
<p>Rice is very strong (certainly top 40 I would say, possibly higher, specific numbers are hard). The poster aibarr is a Rice engineering alum and may be able to give you some useful input. It is not, however, near the East Coast. :)</p>
<p>If you're interested in Ivies (which have the feature, for you, of being largely East Coast), Cornell is the obvious pick, but Princeton is a lot stronger than most people think (and in more engineering fields than people expect). The others have strengths in specific fields.</p>
<p>Others have given you good advice, and I don't need to repeat their suggestions. I will add Olin, which is in metro Boston and has the added bonus of being tuition-free. If you are female, I will also add Smith.</p>
<p>Northwestern esp if you are into mat sci or industrial engg/managment sci (both are ranked top-5)</p>
<p>Tier 1 IMO:
Berkeley
Caltech
Cornell
CMU
MIT
Stanford
Umich</p>
<p>somehow Purdue gets lost in the shuffle of good engineering schools, it's the 9th best in the nation</p>
<p>Lol, pierre your right I completley forgot about Purdue. It is a great school though.</p>
<p>Most National Academy of Engineering Members:</p>
<p>MIT - 108</p>
<p>Stanford - 84
Berkeley - 75</p>
<p>Texas - 50</p>
<p>Caltech - 29
Illinois - 29
Georgia Tech - 25
Cornell - 24
UCSB - 24
Michigan - 22
Carnegie Mellon - 21
Princeton - 21
USC - 20</p>
<p>Northwestern - 18
Purdue - 18
Wisconsin - 18
UCSD - 18</p>
<p>Yeah, Rice isnt close to the east coast, but its closer to east that the west. </p>
<p>As for what kind of engineering, im not exactly sure yet. Im still a sophomore, but I just like to get things sorted out early.</p>
<p>Rice is superb, particularly for bioengineering and electrical. If you lean toward nanotechnology it is tops. For East Coast MIT,Princeton, Duke and GaTech.</p>