anybody knows the ranking to Electrical engineering, or coomputer engin. based on employers’ opinoins? in fact, i heard from ga tech’s admission officer that ga tech is ranked number 1 for practical engineers, unlike MIT who has theoretical ones.
<p>You don't really get rankings according to employer opinions and those opinions can vary a lot. What you will find though is that on a national basis, there are a lot of colleges that are on many employers' favorites list that aren't MIT, Caltech, Stanford or Berkeley (which many employers consider too theoretical or risk hires because of experience with prior graduates who were too quick to move on to other employers once they got a little on-the-job training), and those favorites include some that you would never believe could be on those lists if you devoted yourself only to the USNews rankings of National Universities. Some that have very high marks with many employers include GTech, UIUC, Rose Hulman, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Purdue, Texas, Colorado, North Carolina State, Virginia Tech, Iowa State, Wis, Mich, Minn, Carnegie Mellon, RPI, Penn State. I know a hiring partner for a national engineering consulting firm who explained it this way: Places like Caltech, MIT, Stanford and Berkeley teach you to be great engineers; the others teach you to be great engineers within the budget allowed.</p>
<p>haha.. Caltech, MIT, Stanford and Berkeley teach you to be great engineers; the others teach you to be great engineers within the budget allowed. i guess that's why NASA employs more mit, berkeley graduates than any other places. well they do like ga tech graduates too, that was a thorough explanation, thanks a lot :) btw, speaking of NC state,, i live in north carolian myself, i have quite a few friends who graduated with double major in EE and ECE, and some intern experiences at AT&T who can't find jobs for 2 years, and also another friend with a master in EE from nc state. i just dont' know how well the market is for EE, also i know the fact that a lot of good positions are given to the ppl who have connections. at least that's what my dad told me who's actually a manager at IBm, sigh :(</p>
<p>The employment market for EE, CE and CS is not that good now. There is still a hangover from the tech crash that began a few years ago and there are issues of employers outsourcing significant work overseas. One impact is that colleges, which saw huge annual increases each year in the number of applicants for those majors and built up departments to serve huge numbers of students in those majors, actually saw for 2004 admissions a significant decrease in applicants for those majors and that is likely to continue. This is all cyclical and in four years who knows where it will be.</p>