<p>Rank all of the SEC schools by their engineering programs.</p>
<p>I would say:
Florida
Vandy
Auburn
Tenn/LSU
others…</p>
<p>According to uscollegeranking.org: </p>
<p>1 - Florida
2 - Vandy
3 - Auburn
4 - Tennessee
5 - LSU
6 - (tie) Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi State
10 - South Carolina
11 - Georgia
12 - Ole Miss</p>
<p>The scores on that website are so close it makes them irrelevant.</p>
<p>1 - Florida 3.4
2 - Vandy 3.5
3 - Auburn 2.9
4 - Tennessee 2.8
5 - LSU 2.5
6 - (tie) Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi State 2.4
10 - South Carolina 2.3
11 - Georgia
12 - Ole Miss </p>
<p>And how old of data did they use for these rankings? Some of these schools have brand new facilities.</p>
<p>It’s got Tufts at only 2.9??? LOL…It’s got UAH at 2.2 and many would argue that UAH’s engineering is better than Auburn’s. And, I wouldn’t put LSU at 2.5. Tulane at only 2.2???</p>
<p>And, I don’t believe that UF’s eng’g is better than Vandy’s. </p>
<p>Seriously, visit the schools to find out what they’ve got. I wouldn’t put much faith in that site except for ranking the top 25 schools. After that…rather worthless.</p>
<p>Generally a fairly weak group of schools for engineering. The Big Ten, Pac 10, and ACC all have far superior options in engineering. Florida and Vandy are the class of the SEC in engineering; but realistically, these are not top-ranked engineering programs. At least 7 or 8 Big Ten schools are stronger than the top SEC schools in engineering.</p>
<p>That was not the question.</p>
<p>And, not a “weak group” for engineering. LOL You make it sound like those who graduate from those schools have dismal hopes for high paying employment and becoming very successful employees. Those who graduate from those schools get the same starting salaries as someone from Purdue, UMich, etc. As the wife and sister of 5 upper management engineers (Northrop Grumman, Boeing, Canon, DirectTV, SAIC, & Lockheed , I know that to be true (2 are VPs and one is a director). Oh, and BTW…yes, my H did go to top Big 10 schools for his engineering degrees, but my brothers got their undergrads at CSUs, but their grad degrees at so-called better schools. Getting their undergrads at “weak” schools didn’t hurt them a bit.</p>
<p>I think all rankings are bogus for the most part, but Tulane may be graded down because they only have two programs, ChemE and BME. While they are both considered good, especially BME is very well thought of nationally, I imagine not having the other engineering majors counted against them in the methodology of this report.</p>
<p>Those numbers are the USNews rankings. This is the methodology:
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<p>FWIW…the only SEC school on the key-school list for Lockheed is UF.</p>
<p>I have to agree with Mom in Post #6. I would only add the point that the specific engineering discipline is relevant to the question of strength or weakness. I don’t hear anyone at NASA complaining about Aerospace Engineering graduates of the U of Alabama-Tuscaloosa.</p>