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Rank School (*Public) Peer assessment score (5.0=highest)
Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. (IN) Harvey Mudd College (CA) Cooper Union (NY) Cal PolySan Luis Obispo* United States Military Academy (NY)* Franklin W. Olin Col. of Eng. (MA) United States Naval Academy (MD)* Bucknell University (PA) U.S. Air Force Academy (CO)* Villanova University (PA) Milwaukee School of Engineering Calif. State Poly. Univ.Pomona* Embry Riddle Aeronautical U. (FL) Rowan University (NJ)* San Jose State University (CA)* Swarthmore College (PA) Kettering University (MI)
4.5 4.4 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.3
17. 17. 17. 21. 21. 21. 21. 21. 21. 27. 27. 27. 27. 27. 27. 27. 34.
Lafayette College (PA) Smith College (MA) Union College (NY) Baylor University (TX) Gonzaga University (WA) Santa Clara University (CA) U.S. Coast Guard Academy (CT)* University of San Diego Virginia Military Institute* Bradley University (IL) Embry Riddle Aero. U.Prescott (AZ) Loyola Marymount University (CA) Trinity University (TX) Univ. of Colo.Colorado Springs* University of Portland (OR) Valparaiso University (IN) California State U.Los Angeles*
3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0
34. 34. 34. 38. 38. 38. 38. 38. 38. 38. 38. 38. 38. 38. 38. 38.
The Citadel (SC)* U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (NY)* University of MichiganDearborn* Boise State University (ID)* California State U.Long Beach* California State U.Northridge* LeTourneau University (TX) Manhattan College (NY) Mercer University (GA) Miami UniversityOxford (OH)* Northern Arizona University* Ohio Northern University Seattle University St. Louis University Texas Christian University Univ. of MassachusettsDartmouth*
3.0 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9
Specialties
AEROSPACE/AERONAUTICAL/ ASTRONAUTICAL
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Embry Riddle Aeronautical U. (FL) U.S. Air Force Academy (CO)* Embry Riddle Aero. U.Prescott (AZ) United States Naval Academy (MD)* Cal PolySan Luis Obispo*
INDUSTRIAL/MANUFACTURING
1. 2. 3. 3. 3. Cal PolySan Luis Obispo* Kettering University (MI) Bradley University (IL) Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. (IN) San Jose State University (CA)*
COMPUTER ENGINEERING
1. 2. 3. 4. 4. Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. (IN) Cal PolySan Luis Obispo* Harvey Mudd College (CA) Cooper Union (NY) San Jose State University (CA)*
MECHANICAL
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. (IN) Cal PolySan Luis Obispo* Cooper Union (NY) Harvey Mudd College (CA) Kettering University (MI)
CHEMICAL
1. 2. 3. 4. 4. 4. Cooper Union (NY) Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. (IN) Rowan University (NJ)* Bucknell University (PA) Manhattan College (NY) University of MinnesotaDuluth*
ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC/ COMMUNICATIONS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. (IN) Cal PolySan Luis Obispo* Cooper Union (NY) Harvey Mudd College (CA) United States Naval Academy (MD)*
CIVIL
1. Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. (IN) 2. Cal PolySan Luis Obispo* 2. United States Military Academy (NY)*
Note: Peer assessment survey conducted by Synovate. To be ranked in a specialty, a school must have either a program or course offerings in that subject area. Based on a recommendation from the American Society for Engineering Education, a few engineering schools with small doctoral programs were added to the bachelors and masters category.
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Best Programs
Rank School (*Public) Peer assessment score (5.0=highest)
1. 2. 2. 4. 4. 4. 7. 8. 9. 9. 11. 11. 13. 14. 14. 14. 17. 17. 17. 17. 21. 21. 21. 21. 25. 25.
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology Stanford University (CA) University of CaliforniaBerkeley* California Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology* U. of IllinoisUrbana-Champaign* University of MichiganAnn Arbor* Cornell University (NY) Carnegie Mellon University (PA) Purdue Univ.West Lafayette (IN)* Princeton University (NJ) University of TexasAustin* Univ. of WisconsinMadison* Johns Hopkins University (MD) Northwestern University (IL) Virginia Tech* Pennsylvania State U.Univ. Park* Rice University (TX) Texas A&M Univ.College Station* Univ. of CaliforniaSan Diego* Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (NY) Univ. of CaliforniaLos Angeles* Univ. of MarylandCollege Park* University of Washington* Columbia University (NY) Duke University (NC)
4.8 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.6
25. 28. 28. 28. 28. 28. 28. 28. 35. 35. 35. 38. 38. 38. 38. 38. 38. 38. 38. 46. 46. 46. 49. 49. 51. 51.
Univ. of MinnesotaTwin Cities* Harvard University (MA) North Carolina State U.Raleigh* Ohio State UniversityColumbus* University of Florida* University of Pennsylvania Univ. of Southern California University of Virginia* University of CaliforniaDavis* Univ. of CaliforniaSanta Barbara* University of ColoradoBoulder* Arizona State University* Brown University (RI) Case Western Reserve Univ. (OH) Iowa State University* Lehigh University (PA) Vanderbilt University (TN) Washington University in St. Louis Yale University (CT) Dartmouth College (NH) Michigan State University* University of Notre Dame (IN)
Rutgers, St. U. of N.J.New Brunswick*
3.6 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0
51. 51. 51. 51. 51. 51. 51. 51. 61. 61. 61. 61. 61. 61. 61. 61. 61. 70. 70. 70. 70. 70. 70. 70. 70.
Colorado School of Mines* Drexel University (PA) Tufts University (MA) University of CaliforniaIrvine* University of Delaware* Univ. of MassachusettsAmherst* University of Pittsburgh* Worcester Polytechnic Inst. (MA) Boston University Colorado State University* Illinois Institute of Technology Kansas State University* Northeastern University (MA) SUNYStony Brook* University at BuffaloSUNY* University of IllinoisChicago* University of Iowa* Michigan Technological University* Oregon State University* Rochester Inst. of Technology (NY) University of Kansas* University of Rochester (NY) University of Tennessee* University of Utah* Washington State University*
3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8
Specialties
AEROSPACE/AERONAUTICAL/ ASTRONAUTICAL
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology* University of MichiganAnn Arbor* Purdue Univ.West Lafayette (IN)* California Institute of Technology
CIVIL
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. U. of IllinoisUrbana-Champaign* University of CaliforniaBerkeley* Massachusetts Inst. of Technology University of TexasAustin* Georgia Institute of Technology*
INDUSTRIAL/MANUFACTURING
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Georgia Institute of Technology* University of MichiganAnn Arbor* Purdue Univ.West Lafayette (IN)* Pennsylvania State U.University Park* University of CaliforniaBerkeley*
ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC/ COMMUNICATIONS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology Stanford University (CA) U. of IllinoisUrbana-Champaign* University of CaliforniaBerkeley* Georgia Institute of Technology*
MATERIALS
1. 2. 3. 4. 4. U. of IllinoisUrbana-Champaign* University of MichiganAnn Arbor* University of CaliforniaBerkeley* Massachusetts Inst. of Technology Northwestern University (IL)
BIOMEDICAL/BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Johns Hopkins University (MD) Duke University (NC) Georgia Institute of Technology* Univ. of CaliforniaSan Diego* Massachusetts Inst. of Technology
CHEMICAL
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology University of CaliforniaBerkeley* Univ. of WisconsinMadison* Univ. of MinnesotaTwin Cities* Stanford University (CA)
MECHANICAL
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology University of MichiganAnn Arbor* University of CaliforniaBerkeley* Georgia Institute of Technology* Stanford University (CA)
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