<p>How are the engineering programs at USC? Are they as demanding and highly sought after by the major companies as other schools like Michigan and or CMU or UC-Berkeley? I am especially interested in Aerospace Engineering. I am thinking about coming to USC on a basketball scholarship. A guy named Jeremy Barr was in the same basketball program I'm in and he goes to USC now.</p>
<p>USC was ranked #7 as one of the best engineering schools in the country. Overall, USC is really good in terms of networking with major companies because of our famed "Trojan Family".</p>
<p>Aerospace is even better because there are tons of aerospace companies in the LA area (JPL, Raytheon, Boeing, Northrup Grumann), and they all come to USC at least once a semester to recruit students for jobs and internships.</p>
<p>Please come to USC and play basketball. Tim Floyd needs all the help he can get next year...</p>
<p>Engineering at USC is excellent. You should think carefully about aerospace engineering since this field is more volatile for employment than the more traditional engineering disciplines like chemical, mechanical, civil, or electrical.</p>
<p>But that having been said, it's a very, very good program at USC. My son decided against CMU and is leaning to USC for engineering if we can arrange the money side of the story. I am also a USC engineering grad myself. Berkeley and Michigan are both ranked a little higher than USC (and are both excellent schools) but have completely different characters as places to learn. Within the top ten schools, I think the character of the college is more important than the actual ranking (except for MIT and CalTech, which provide a world of their own, IMHO).</p>
<p>I'm sure you already know that it's hard to be a college athlete and to take a tough curriculum like engineering. If you plan to complete a BS in five years, the extra year can really help. Will you arrive with any college credits from community college, AP, or something? I think if I were in your shoes (athlete in engineering) I would want to know if the college will help with tutoring, summer classes, or other assistance.</p>
<p>Dude, I love aerospace engineering too. This new information makes me want to go to USC even more.</p>
<p>We're gonna have Galen next season! Come play for 'SC! Oh yeah, our academics (especially engineering) are pretty good too...!</p>
<p>Viterbi is definitely eyed by top recruiters. If you had seen our recent job fair, then you would know what I mean. We had recruiters from every top company imaginable, from Microsoft and IBM to Activision and EA (for all you game freaks). And it should get better over the next few years.</p>
<p>The engineering department is awesome, professors, staff and all. I just wish I had more classes in it, cuz the College really annoys me.</p>
<p>I'm going to college in two years. I got put back because I'm transfering from the Bahamas to the US. I'm going to Episcopal high school in houston in the fall. How volatile is aerospace engineering and why should I look at the other fields of engineering if this is my main interest? Job security is one thinng but I would probably fell better doing something I have been planning on doing for years.</p>
<p>redski59: by the College do you mean, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences? Why does this College annoy you?</p>
<p>Yeah... College of Letters, Arts and Sciences is referred as just the College...</p>
<p>well, personally I find all my classes that I take in the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences (Physics, math, GEs, and writing) to be annoying. But it's mostly because those classes, except writing, are huge 75-200 people lectures and I don't blame the professors for all they have to do. The TAs, though, are pretty annoying, but it's the same thing at most colleges. And yes, the TAs do all the grading.</p>
<p>Pardon me for sounding grumpy, I have 2 midterms coming up :(...which is also why I haven't been around CC for awhile.</p>
<p>So how does the school take to the basketball team. I know that football is the big thing there. Does the b-ball team get any pub?</p>
<p>Yeah, the football team gets most of the publicity here. The b-ball team got better this year, but until they make a NCAA tourney I don't think many will bother to attend a game. I also don't think that the new arena will help much next year.</p>
<p>beammeup4 - just wondering, where did you find the list of complete rankings?</p>
<p>how is chemical eng at USC compared to other schools like UCB, UCLA and UCSD?</p>
<p>I really like USC, and hope that my son is able to attend USC.
With that stated ahead of time, here is USNEWS rankings:</p>
<p>USNEWS Chem Engineering Ranks:</p>
<p>Undergraduate engineering specialties:
Chemical
(At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate) </p>
<ol>
<li>Massachusetts Inst. of Technology<br></li>
<li>University of CaliforniaBerkeley <br></li>
<li>Univ. of MinnesotaTwin Cities *<br></li>
<li>Univ. of WisconsinMadison *<br></li>
<li>Stanford University (CA)<br></li>
<li>California Institute of Technology<br>
University of TexasAustin *<br></li>
<li>U. of IllinoisUrbana-Champaign *<br></li>
<li>Princeton University (NJ)<br></li>
<li>University of MichiganAnn Arbor *<br></li>
<li>University of Delaware *<br></li>
<li>Georgia Institute of Technology *<br></li>
<li>Purdue Univ.West Lafayette (IN)<br></li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University (PA)<br></li>
<li>Cornell University (NY)<br></li>
<li>Univ. of CaliforniaSanta Barbara *<br></li>
<li>Pennsylvania State U.University Park *<br></li>
<li>Northwestern University (IL)<br></li>
<li>North Carolina State U.Raleigh *<br>
Texas A&M Univ.College Station *<br></li>
<li>Rice University (TX)<br>
University of Florida *<br>
University of Notre Dame (IN)<br>
University of Pennsylvania<br></li>
<li>Virginia Tech *</li>
</ol>
<p>USNEWS EE Engineering:</p>
<p>Undergraduate engineering specialties:
Electrical / Electronic / Communications
(At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate) </p>
<ol>
<li>Massachusetts Inst. of Technology<br></li>
<li>Stanford University (CA)<br></li>
<li>University of CaliforniaBerkeley <br></li>
<li>U. of IllinoisUrbana-Champaign *<br></li>
<li>University of MichiganAnn Arbor *<br></li>
<li>Georgia Institute of Technology *<br></li>
<li>California Institute of Technology<br></li>
<li>Cornell University (NY)<br></li>
<li>Purdue Univ.West Lafayette (IN)<br></li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University (PA)<br></li>
<li>University of TexasAustin *<br></li>
<li>Princeton University (NJ)<br></li>
<li>Univ. of CaliforniaLos Angeles *<br></li>
<li>Univ. of WisconsinMadison *<br></li>
<li>Rice University (TX)<br></li>
<li>Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (NY)<br>
Univ. of Southern California<br></li>
<li>Northwestern University (IL)<br></li>
<li>Duke University (NC)<br>
Texas A&M Univ.College Station *<br>
Univ. of CaliforniaSan Diego *<br>
University of Washington *<br>
Virginia Tech *<br></li>
<li>Pennsylvania State U.University Park *<br>
Univ. of MarylandCollege Park *<br>
Univ. of MinnesotaTwin Cities *<br></li>
<li>Johns Hopkins University (MD)</li>
</ol>
<p>Computer Engineering (from USNEWS):</p>
<p>Undergraduate engineering specialties:
Computer Engineering
(At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate) </p>
<ol>
<li>Massachusetts Inst. of Technology<br></li>
<li>Stanford University (CA)<br></li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University (PA)<br>
University of CaliforniaBerkeley <br></li>
<li>U. of IllinoisUrbana-Champaign *<br></li>
<li>University of MichiganAnn Arbor *<br></li>
<li>University of TexasAustin *<br></li>
<li>Georgia Institute of Technology *<br></li>
<li>Cornell University (NY)<br></li>
<li>University of Washington *<br></li>
<li>California Institute of Technology<br>
Purdue Univ.West Lafayette (IN)<br></li>
<li>Princeton University (NJ)<br></li>
<li>Univ. of CaliforniaLos Angeles *<br></li>
<li>Univ. of WisconsinMadison *<br></li>
<li>Duke University (NC)<br></li>
<li>Northwestern University (IL)<br>
Rice University (TX)<br></li>
<li>Univ. of CaliforniaSan Diego *<br>
Univ. of Southern California<br></li>
<li>Johns Hopkins University (MD)<br>
Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (NY)<br>
Texas A&M Univ.College Station *<br>
Univ. of MarylandCollege Park *</li>
</ol>
<p>Overall Engineering Nationwide (from USNEWS):</p>
<p>Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
(At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate) </p>
<p>Rank/School Peer
assessment
score
(5.0 = highest)
1. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology 4.9
2. Stanford University (CA) 4.7
University of CaliforniaBerkeley * 4.7
4. California Institute of Technology 4.5
U. of IllinoisUrbana-Champaign * 4.5
6. Georgia Institute of Technology * 4.4
University of MichiganAnn Arbor * 4.4
8. Carnegie Mellon University (PA) 4.3
Cornell University (NY) 4.3
Purdue Univ.West Lafayette (IN)* 4.3
11. University of TexasAustin * 4.2
12. Princeton University (NJ) 4.1
Univ. of WisconsinMadison * 4.1
14. Johns Hopkins University (MD) 3.9
Northwestern University (IL) 3.9
Texas A&M Univ.College Station * 3.9
Virginia Tech * 3.9
18. Pennsylvania State U.University Park * 3.8
Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (NY) 3.8
Rice University (TX) 3.8
Univ. of MinnesotaTwin Cities * 3.8
22. Duke University (NC) 3.7
Univ. of CaliforniaLos Angeles * 3.7
Univ. of CaliforniaSan Diego * 3.7
Univ. of MarylandCollege Park * 3.7
University of Washington * 3.7
27. Columbia University (NY) 3.6
Ohio State UniversityColumbus * 3.6
University of CaliforniaDavis * 3.6
University of Pennsylvania 3.6
31. Harvard University (MA) 3.5
North Carolina State U.Raleigh * 3.5
University of Florida * 3.5
Univ. of Southern California 3.5
University of Virginia * 3.5
36. Brown University (RI) 3.4
Case Western Reserve Univ. (OH) 3.4
Iowa State University * 3.4
Univ. of CaliforniaSanta Barbara * 3.4
University of ColoradoBoulder * 3.4
41. Arizona State University * 3.3
Dartmouth College (NH) 3.3
Lehigh University (PA) 3.3
Michigan State University * 3.3
University of Notre Dame (IN) 3.3
Vanderbilt University (TN) 3.3
Washington University in St. Louis 3.3
Yale University (CT) 3.3
49. University of Arizona * 3.2
University of CaliforniaIrvine * 3.2
51. Colorado School of Mines * 3.1
RutgersNew Brunswick (NJ)* 3.1
University of Delaware * 3.1
University of Iowa * 3.1
University of MissouriRolla * 3.1
Worcester Polytechnic Inst. (MA) 3.1
57. Clemson University (SC)* 3.0
Colorado State University * 3.0
Drexel University (PA) 3.0
Illinois Institute of Technology 3.0
Michigan Technological University * 3.0
Rochester Inst. of Technology (NY) 3.0
University at BuffaloSUNY * 3.0
Univ. of MassachusettsAmherst * 3.0
University of Pittsburgh * 3.0
University of Utah * 3.0
67. Auburn University (AL)* 2.9
Boston University 2.9
Northeastern University (MA) 2.9
Polytechnic University (NY) 2.9
SUNYStony Brook * 2.9
Syracuse University (NY) 2.9
Tufts University (MA) 2.9
University of IllinoisChicago * 2.9
University of Tennessee * 2.9
Washington State University * 2.9
77. Brigham Young Univ.Provo (UT) 2.8
Clarkson University (NY) 2.8
Kansas State University * 2.8
Oregon State University * 2.8
Tulane University (LA) 2.8
University of Connecticut * 2.8
University of Houston * 2.8
University of Kansas * 2.8
U. of North CarolinaCharlotte * 2.8
University of Rochester (NY) 2.8
87. New Jersey Inst. of Technology * 2.7
Oklahoma State University * 2.7
Southern Methodist University (TX) 2.7
Stevens Institute of Technology (NJ) 2.7
Texas Tech University * 2.7
Univ. of CaliforniaRiverside * 2.7
University of Cincinnati * 2.7
Univ. of MissouriColumbia * 2.7
University of New Mexico * 2.7
University of Oklahoma * 2.7
97. CUNYCity College * 2.6
Louisiana State U.Baton Rouge * 2.6
Univ. of CaliforniaSanta Cruz * 2.6
University of Kentucky * 2.6
Univ. of NebraskaLincoln * 2.6
102. George Washington University (DC) 2.5
Marquette University (WI) 2.5
New Mexico State University * 2.5
Ohio University * 2.5
San Diego State University * 2.5
SUNYBinghamton * 2.5
University of Alabama * 2.5
University of Miami (FL) 2.5
University of Rhode Island * 2.5
Univ. of South CarolinaColumbia * 2.5
University of TexasArlington * 2.5
Univ. of WisconsinMilwaukee * 2.5
Utah State University * 2.5
Wayne State University (MI)* 2.5
West Virginia University * 2.5 </p>
<ul>
<li>denotes a public school.</li>
</ul>
<p>thanks lovetocamp. Just wondering...where did you find this information? cuz I tried to find it but can't, unless you are subscribed to that Usnews website.</p>
<p>oh cool. thanks for the info! do you happen to have a list for bioengineering?</p>