<p>electrical engineering plzzzz</p>
<p>Aero:
1. MIT
2. GaTech
3. UMich
4. Purdue
5. Stanford</p>
<p>Industrial:
1.GaTech
2. Purdue
3. UMich
4. Penn State
5. Berkeley</p>
<p>Electrical:
1. MIT
2. Stanford
3. Berkeley
4. Illinois
5. UMich</p>
<p>Civil:
1. Illinois
2. Berkeley
3. GaTech
4. MIT
Stanford
UT Austin</p>
<p>where is UT austin in electrical engineering</p>
<p>they only rank the first 5 schools in the book version if someone has the online version the complete Aerospace rankings would be much appreciated.</p>
<p>Would this be a good time to point out that these rankings are meaningless? </p>
<p>Okay, let's try a little experiment. The NFL season is upon us. It will not be hard to find "rankings" of NFL teams done by various odds-makers, prognosticators, fantasy-football fans, and the occasional Playboy playmate... Heck, I bet we could get USN&WR's rankings of NFL teams. </p>
<p>Then, at the end of the season, let's see where the teams turn out. That will tell you how well this 'ranking' process works. </p>
<p>On the other hand, you can consult psalmists, astrologers, dowsers, and other fortune-tellers. But, since you are interested in engineering, don't you think it's best to leave this pseudoscience to Hollywood?</p>
<p>I'm betting this post will be ignored, and the next question will be, "Where's XYZ U's biomed/CS program ranked?" Argh.</p>
<p>redbeard</p>
<p>dont hate</p>
<p>Undergraduate engineering specialties:
Electrical / Electronic / Communications
(At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate)</p>
<ol>
<li>Massachusetts Inst. of Technology</li>
<li>Stanford University (CA)</li>
<li>University of California–Berkeley </li>
<li>U. of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign *</li>
<li>University of Michigan–Ann Arbor *</li>
<li>Georgia Institute of Technology *</li>
<li>California Institute of Technology</li>
<li>Cornell University (NY)</li>
<li>Purdue Univ.–West Lafayette (IN)</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University (PA)</li>
<li>University of Texas–Austin *</li>
<li>Princeton University (NJ)</li>
<li>Univ. of California–Los Angeles *</li>
<li>Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison *</li>
<li>Rice University (TX)</li>
<li>Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (NY)
Univ. of Southern California</li>
<li>Northwestern University (IL)</li>
<li>Duke University (NC)
Texas A&M Univ.–College Station *
Univ. of California–San Diego *
University of Washington *
Virginia Tech *</li>
<li>Pennsylvania State U.–University Park *
Univ. of Maryland–College Park *
Univ. of Minnesota–Twin Cities *</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins University (MD)</li>
</ol>
<p>Still, redbeard's got a point. A really good one, too. These rankings are determined by an algorithm developed by US News. They rank various things based upon various faculty members' opinions and some statistics and ratios, based upon what everyone feels are the "most important" statistics and ratios and opinions, those elements that make good programs better than others. Then, you get some programs ranking within a point or two of other programs, and several clustered all together... It's a thousand guesses slapped together and then it's sliced delicately into discrete ranks.</p>
<p>So, it's all conjecture, anyhow. What makes a program good? The French didn't come up with the phrase "je ne sais quoi" for nothin'. It's really tough to pinpoint why various programs are better than others, so there really is a whole lot of "divining" going on.</p>
<p>That being said...</p>
<p>These rankings aren't completely and totally worthless. There's some method to the madness. Just, please, take all the rankings with a grain of salt. The number five institution may actually be better than the number 4 institution, especially when you're talking about the highly personal and incredibly subjective matching of a student to a school. </p>
<p>Pretty much anything in the top twenty or thirty programs will provide you with a comparable education. From that list of the top chunk of programs, see which environment fits you best, where you feel most comfortable. Even so, don't rule out other programs that aren't ranked, either. I know several folks from weird backgrounds that have gone to get into amazing grad programs and have secured their ultimate dream jobs. Heck, Einstein was a patent clerk.</p>
<p>The rankings are totally based on "peer review". As in, hey, you professor at university, which schools do you think have strong (aka well-known, as in, produce lots of research and send professors and students to lots of conferences) programs? Top ranked programs really are just the ones that have the most buzz and are most visible. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy - kind of chicken and egg. Most of the highly ranked Doctoral schools are ranked based on the reputation of their grad programs. It is meaningless for determing the quality of education at the undergraduate level.</p>
<p>^ What the lady said (aibarr)</p>
<p>The general engineering ranking are based on emperical facts for the most part (acceptance scores, faculty to student ratio etc), although US News decides what they think is important by putting weights on each statistic. So depending on how much you value a given statistic (ie you may believe that the annual research expenditure is very important), you may find the ranking more or less helpful.</p>
<p>As for the individual program rankings, that's purely based on what deans at other colleges think of the program, without using any other useful statistics. So it's quite subjective. </p>
<p>What all is said and done, rankings should only be used as a guide. There are many things to be said about the quality of a program that cannot be derived from a ranking. Don't use ranking as your only metric.</p>
<p>I know rankings don't mean much, but just because of curiosity can someone post the rankings for biomedical engineering? btw, i denied JHU(#1 at rankings) and chose Upenn(#7 last year). i guess this shows how important the rankings are for me. =)</p>
<p>Undergraduate engineering specialties:
Civil
(At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate)</p>
<ol>
<li> U. of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign </li>
<li> University of California–Berkeley *</li>
<li> Georgia Institute of Technology *</li>
<li> University of Texas–Austin *
Stanford University (CA)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology</li>
<li> Purdue Univ.–West Lafayette (IN)</li>
<li> University of Michigan–Ann Arbor </li>
<li> Cornell University (NY)</li>
<li> Texas A&M Univ.–College Station *</li>
<li> Virginia Tech *</li>
<li> Carnegie Mellon University (PA)</li>
<li> Northwestern University (IL)</li>
<li> Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison *</li>
<li> Pennsylvania State U.–University Park *</li>
<li> Johns Hopkins University (MD)</li>
<li> California Institute of Technology
University of Washington *</li>
<li> University of Colorado–Boulder *
Univ. of Minnesota–Twin Cities *</li>
<li> Univ. of Southern California
Princeton University (NJ)
Duke University (NC)</li>
<li> University of Florida *
Michigan State University *
Clemson University (SC)</li>
</ol>
<p>if someone could post the materials engineering rankings I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks!</p>
<p>LousantAce, can you list the schools whose highest degree is a bachelor's or master's for ChemE?</p>
<p>How about a complete list of undergraduate overall rankings (including schools ranked below #25)?</p>
<p>...How about actually buying the magazine, eh? That way, you guys can look up anything you want! ;)</p>
<p>It has the extra added bonus of being <em>legal</em>, too!</p>
<p>I mean, you can also stop by the local newsstand with pencil and paper and physically look in the magazine, too... Copy down anything you please. But making someone who's already spent the thirteen bucks do all the footwork... That's just =(</p>
<p>Also, would anyone mind supplying the undergraduate Computer Engineering rankings? :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Highest Degree is a BS/MS</p>
<ol>
<li>Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. (IN) </li>
<li>Harvey Mudd College (CA)
Cooper Union (NY) </li>
<li>United States Military Academy (NY)* </li>
<li>San Jose State University (CA)*
Cal Poly–San Luis Obispo * </li>
</ol>
<p>Highest Degree is a Doctorate</p>
<ol>
<li>Massachusetts Inst. of Technology<br></li>
<li>Stanford University (CA) </li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon University (PA) </li>
<li>University of California–Berkeley * </li>
<li>U. of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign * </li>
<li>University of Michigan–Ann Arbor * </li>
<li>Georgia Institute of Technology * </li>
<li>University of Texas–Austin * </li>
<li>Cornell University (NY) </li>
<li>California Institute of Technology<br></li>
<li>Purdue Univ.–West Lafayette (IN)* </li>
<li>Princeton University (NJ) </li>
<li>University of Washington * </li>
<li>Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison * </li>
<li>Duke University (NC) </li>
<li>Univ. of California–Los Angeles * </li>
<li>Northwestern University (IL)
Univ. of Maryland–College Park *
Johns Hopkins University (MD) </li>
<li>Univ. of California–San Diego *
Texas A&M Univ.–College Station *
Rice University (TX) </li>
<li>Pennsylvania State U.–University Park * </li>
<li>Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (NY) </li>
</ol>
<p>Hey flopsy, I don't post much but i appreciate how u help everyone with their UC chances</p>
<p>-sahil</p>
<p>toblin, there are only 5 schools listed for BS/MS for chemE. here they are:</p>
<ol>
<li>Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. (IN) </li>
<li>Cooper Union (NY) </li>
<li>Rowan University (NJ)* </li>
<li>Bucknell University (PA)
Lafayette College (PA) </li>
</ol>
<p>-sahil</p>
<p>I appreciate your help as well, LousantAce. :rolleyes:</p>