Poll: Rank these colleges [SCALE: 1-10] on their QUALITY of education & Prestige

College Search & Selection
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<p>“Only a Midwesterner would consider Case Western to be a more prestigious institution than Hopkins (for engineering or anything else).”</p>

<p>Only a Northeasterner would be that condescending.</p>

<p>I would agree, in most cases JHU easily trumps Case Western, but from what I know of their respective engineering programs, Case Western has a superior program.</p>

<p>In any case, in the Midwest, JHU isn’t really known for anything other than medical fields. Case Western has a reputation as an engineering school. Then again, I’m also expecting some completely earnest reply along the lines of “but no one cares what the Midwest thinks.”</p>

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<p>I am not a nativer Northeasterner. Nor can you accuse me of NE bias because Johns Hopkins is not a NE school.</p>

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<p>This is why it’s sometimes so easy for me to be condescending…</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/382751-usnews-2008-engineering-ranking-compilation.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/382751-usnews-2008-engineering-ranking-compilation.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>USNWR 2008 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs (At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate)</p>

<p>Johns Hopkins (#14); Case Western (#37)</p>

<p>Undergraduate engineering specialties:</p>

<p>Aerospace / Aeronautical / Astronautical
Johns Hopkins (Unranked); Case Western (Unranked)</p>

<p>Agricultural
Johns Hopkins (Unranked); Case Western (Unranked)</p>

<p>Biomedical / Biomedical Engineering
Johns Hopkins (#1); Case Western (#7)</p>

<p>Chemical
Johns Hopkins (Unranked); Case Western (Unranked)</p>

<p>Civil
Johns Hopkins (#17); Case Western (Unranked)</p>

<p>Computer Engineering
Johns Hopkins (Unranked); Case Western (Unranked)</p>

<p>Electrical / Electronic / Communications
Johns Hopkins (#23); Case Western (Unranked)</p>

<p>Engineering Science/Engineering Physics
Johns Hopkins (Unranked); Case Western (Unranked)</p>

<p>Environmental / Environmental health
Johns Hopkins (#6); Case Western (Unranked)</p>

<p>Industrial / Manufacturing
Johns Hopkins (Unranked); Case Western (Unranked)</p>

<p>Materials
Johns Hopkins (Unranked); Case Western (Unranked)</p>

<p>Mechanical
Johns Hopkins (#20); Case Western (Unranked)</p>

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<p>Outside the Midwest, Case Western isn’t really known for anything, period.</p>

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<p>Case is highly underrated. Not as strong as JHU, but an excellent school nonetheless. A Case degree’s prestige, however, will carry much more weight in the Midwest than elsewhere.</p>

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<p>prodigalson,</p>

<p>Some people may argue that John Hopkins is a Northeastern school because some demographers define the Northeast differently (BosWash corridor for instance). I would argue Johns Hopkins is more well-known in the Northeast than Case Western.</p>

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<p>^^^ Maybe some consider JHU to be a NE school (though I obviously don’t), but I still have no bias towards the school…</p>

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<p>Of course, if we go by that list, Georgia Tech outranks all these schools… :)</p>

<p>(Don’t mind me, just showing some…hometown pride? Of a sort?)</p>

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<p>Xiggi, awesome. And of course someone with UCB in their name calls you out. Classic CC.</p>

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<p>In my book, JohnS Hopkins is not a NE school; I don’t know about John Hopkins…</p>

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<p>Yes, it’s Johnssssssssssssss Hopkins… With an S.</p>

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<p>Okay; I’ll bite so not to disappoint xiggi boy. lol
Based purely on international prestige (as a whole, not for engineering):</p>

<p>Michigan / JHU
CMU
Georgia Tech
Case Western Reserve University</p>

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<p>Tulane University
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Colorado School of Mines</p>

<p>(Not anymore sure on the last 4 schools)</p>

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<p>I would be very careful before I put Tulane on my list were I considering engineering. They practically cut the program entirely to help recover from Hurricane Katrina. I’m not sure what remnants of the program still exist and their relative strength post 2005. Also, Georgia Tech is SEVERELY underrated on CC for engineering. Regionally, if you can’t get into MIT, GT becomes the place to go for engineering specifically for most of the South and it has a great international reputation for the discipline.</p>

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<p>Apparently they cut civil and environmental engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and computer science, and computer engineering. They still have chemical and bio medical engineering and those are strong at TU, but that’s it for the discipline. If you decided to switch into another field of engineering, you’d be SOL.</p>

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<p>Agree with everything Ben says, but I would add that Tulane has agreements with Vandy and Johns Hopkins wherein a student can go to Tulane for 3 years and the other for the last two years and get degrees from both. This program would allow a student taking the right mix of foundation courses to get a degree in physics from Tulane and a degree in any of the engineering disciplines from the other. Computer Science is still not covered as far as I know. Here is the link: [Tulane</a> University - Tulane, Johns Hopkins and Vanderbilt Create Engineering Partnership](<a href=“http://tulane.edu/news/newwave/101508_engineering.cfm]Tulane”>http://tulane.edu/news/newwave/101508_engineering.cfm)</p>

<p>Just to be complete.</p>

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<p>Good to know they have that going now.</p>