<p>What are the best</p>
<p>MIT, Stanford, Uc Berkeley</p>
<p>Cornell, Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, Caltech, MIT, Princeton, JHU, Northwestern, RPI, Rice, Columbia, Duke, USC, Case Western, Lehigh</p>
<p>any particular engineering? here's a link from usnews which shows subrankings, but only the top three for each. to see whole lists requires the premium or print edition. But if you're just looking for the top ones, then click away:</p>
<p>USNews.com:</a> America's Best Colleges 2008: Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs</p>
<p>Last time I checked, Berkeley was a public school =P</p>
<p>Collegehelp pretty much nailed it on the head (not necessarily that order, though). I would also add Harvey Mudd, Rose-Hulman, and Olin (small schools) to that list.</p>
<p>Cooper Union as another small private engineering school.</p>
<p>USN undergrad engineering rankings:
1. MIT
2. Stanford
4. Cal Tech
7. Cornell
9. CMU
12. Princeton
14. JHU
14. Northwestern
17. Rice
20. Columbia
20. RPI
25. Duke</p>
<p>Schools whose highest degree is a BS or MS:
1. Harvey Mudd College (CA) 4.5
1. Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. (IN) 4.5
3. Cooper Union (NY) 4.2</p>
<p>is it necessary for it to not be public?</p>
<p>Sam's engineering list is erroneous.</p>
<p>Don't overlook two small but amazing engineering schools, Harvey Mudd College and Franklin Olin College of Engineering. Olin, although new, was just accredited and has an innovative, project-based curriculum.</p>
<p>^I second what lotsofquestions wrote about Olin. </p>
<p>Northwestern changed their freshmen curriculum 10 years ago, just before Olin opened, and interestingly, it's similar to Olin's (design and project oriented).</p>
<p>Let me add that Olin does not offer civil engineering, but they do offer mechanical engineering. </p>
<p>While I don't doubt the quality of the education at Harvey Mudd, the general engineering degree (it's the only one they offer) might make some potential employers hesitate at hiring you. One of the members on this forum, aibarr, is a structural engineer, and has had no luck getting her company to recruit at Harvey Mudd. </p>
<p>Just because a school is good doesn't mean it'll offer the area of engineering that you like. If you're not sure which branch you want to study yet, it's probably best to go to a school that offers a variety of engineering majors.</p>
<p>"While I don't doubt the quality of the education at Harvey Mudd, the general engineering degree (it's the only one they offer) might make some potential employers hesitate at hiring you. One of the members on this forum, aibarr, is a structural engineer, and has had no luck getting her company to recruit at Harvey Mudd. "</p>
<p>Uhh, I go to HMC and I've had half a dozen job offers even before graduation. Basically, all the employers that are worth working for know about Mudd. I don't want to work for a company that doesn't do their research so I'm glad they don't want me.</p>
<p>I'm thinking specifically of civil engineering/structural engineering. I know many HMC grads get great offers, especially in the computer industry.</p>
<p>EDIT: oops, I thought this was a different thread when I made my previous post. That would explain the emphasis on civil engineering, and not just engineering in general.</p>
<p>rocketDA,</p>
<p>I think for fields that expect licensing in the future, companies want to hire individuals who went through curriculum that would have no problem with the licensing board.</p>
<p>MIT, Cal Tech, Stanford, CMU, Case Western, just about any Ivy league, Duke, and Rice</p>
<p>Rochester Institute of Technology, John Hopkins, and Clarkson are all great schools (my brothers graduated from them, and loved what they got out of them.)</p>
<p>Contrary to popular opinion, the Ivies are not uniformly excellent in engineering. Cornell and Princeton are best. Columbia and Penn are next. Brown is strong in biomed.</p>
<p>Don't overlook a smaller engineering school..Rose Hulman. Rated #1 for 9 years by US News for engineering schools without a Phd.</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon has a Top Tier engineering program accompanies with a great reputation among recruiters with its job networking.</p>