Ranking the Schools Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs

Ranking the Schools

Best Undergraduate

Engineering Programs

Think your future lies in engineering? On these pages, you¡¯ll

find the U.S. News rankings of undergraduate programs accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and

Technology. The rankings are based solely on a peer survey

of deans and senior faculty that asked them to rate each program they are familiar with on a scale from 1 (marginal) to 5

(distinguished). On the next page are programs at schools

that offer doctorates, which often means a wider range of of-

BEST PROGRAMS

Rank School (*Public)

1.

1.

3.

4.

5.

5.

7.

7.

9.

9.

11.

11.

11.

11.

11.

16.

At engineering schools whose highest degree is a bachelor¡¯s or master¡¯s (*Public)

Peer assessment

score (5.0=highest)

Harvey Mudd College (CA)

Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. (IN)

Cooper Union (NY)

Cal Poly¨CSan Luis Obispo*

United States Military Academy (NY)*

United States Naval Academy (MD)*

Bucknell University (PA)

United States Air Force Acad. (CO)*

Embry Riddle Aeronautical U. (FL)

Villanova University (PA)

Kettering University (MI)

Lafayette College (PA)

Milwaukee School of Engineering

Swarthmore College (PA)

United States Coast Guard Acad. (CT)*

Calif. State Poly. Univ.¨CPomona*

SPECIALTIES

4.5

4.5

4.2

4.0

3.9

3.9

3.8

3.8

3.6

3.6

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.3

Embry Riddle Aeronautical U. (FL)

United States Air Force Acad. (CO)*

Embry Riddle Aeronaut. U.¨CPrescott (AZ)

United States Naval Academy (MD)*

Cal Poly¨CSan Luis Obispo*

16.

16.

16.

20.

20.

20.

20.

20.

25.

25.

25.

25.

25.

25.

31.

31.

Peer assessment

score (5.0=highest)

Rowan University (NJ)*

3.3

San Jose State University (CA)*

3.3

Union College (NY)

3.3

Baylor University (TX)

3.2

Bradley University (IL)

3.2

Embry Riddle Aeronaut. U.¨CPrescott (AZ) 3.2

Santa Clara University (CA)

3.2

Valparaiso University (IN)

3.2

Gonzaga University (WA)

3.1

Loyola Marymount University (CA)

3.1

Smith College (MA)

3.1

Univ. of Colo.¨CColorado Springs*

3.1

University of San Diego

3.1

Virginia Military Institute*

3.1

California State U.¨CLos Angeles*

3.0

St. Louis University

3.0

COMPUTER ENGINEERING

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Rank School (*Public)

31.

31.

31.

31.

31.

38.

38.

38.

38.

38.

38.

38.

38.

38.

Peer assessment

score (5.0=highest)

Trinity University (TX)

U.S. Merchant Marine Acad. (NY)*

University of Michigan¨CDearborn*

University of Portland (OR)

Webb Institute (NY)

Boise State University (ID)*

California State U.¨CNorthridge*

The Citadel (SC)*

Manhattan College (NY)

Mercer University (GA)

Miami University¨COxford (OH)*

Northern Arizona University*

University of Detroit Mercy

University of Minnesota¨CDuluth*

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

INDUSTRIAL/MANUFACTURING

Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. (IN)

Harvey Mudd College (CA)

Cal Poly¨CSan Luis Obispo*

Cooper Union (NY)

San Jose State University (CA)*

ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC/

COMMUNICATIONS

CHEMICAL

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Rank School (*Public)

At schools whose highest degree is a bachelor¡¯s or master¡¯s (*Public)

AEROSPACE/AERONAUTICAL/

ASTRONAUTICAL

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

ferings at the undergraduate level. Students who prefer a

program focused on undergraduates can use the list below

of top programs at schools whose terminal degree is the

bachelor¡¯s or master¡¯s. Forty-five percent of those surveyed

returned ratings of the group below; 59 percent did so in the

doctorate group. Respondents were also asked to name the

best programs in specialty areas; the five schools receiving

the most mentions in each category appear here.

Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. (IN)

Rowan University (NJ)*

Cooper Union (NY)

Bucknell University (PA)

University of Minnesota¨CDuluth*

1.

2.

3.

3.

5.

1.

2.

3.

4.

4.

Kettering University (MI)

Cal Poly¨CSan Luis Obispo*

Bradley University (IL)

Milwaukee School of Engineering

San Jose State University (CA)*

MECHANICAL

Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. (IN)

Cooper Union (NY)

Cal Poly¨CSan Luis Obispo*

Harvey Mudd College (CA)

United States Naval Academy (MD)*

1.

2.

3.

3.

5.

Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. (IN)

Cooper Union (NY)

Cal Poly¨CSan Luis Obispo*

Kettering University (MI)

Bucknell University (PA)

CIVIL

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

5.

Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. (IN)

United States Military Academy (NY)*

Bucknell University (PA)

Cal Poly¨CSan Luis Obispo*

Cooper Union (NY)

Harvey Mudd College (CA)

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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 bachelor¡¯s and master¡¯s category.

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BEST PROGRAMS

Rank School (*Public)

1.

2.

2.

4.

5.

5.

7.

7.

9.

9.

9.

12.

13.

14.

14.

14.

17.

17.

17.

20.

20.

20.

20.

20.

25.

At engineering schools whose highest degree is a doctorate (*Public)

Peer assessment

score (5.0=highest)

Massachusetts Inst. of Technology

Stanford University (CA)

University of California¨CBerkeley*

California Institute of Technology

Georgia Institute of Technology*

U. of Illinois¨CUrbana-Champaign*

Cornell University (NY)

University of Michigan¨CAnn Arbor*

Carnegie Mellon University (PA)

Purdue Univ.¨CWest Lafayette (IN)*

University of Texas¨CAustin*

Princeton University (NJ)

Univ. of Wisconsin¨CMadison*

Johns Hopkins University (MD)

Northwestern University (IL)

Virginia Tech*

Pennsylvania State U.¨CUniv. Park*

Rice University (TX)

Texas A&M Univ.¨CCollege Station*

Columbia University (NY)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (NY)

Univ. of California¨CLos Angeles*

Univ. of Minnesota¨CTwin Cities*

University of Washington*

Duke University (NC)

SPECIALTIES

4.9

4.7

4.7

4.6

4.5

4.5

4.4

4.4

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.1

4.0

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.6

25.

25.

25.

29.

29.

29.

29.

33.

33.

33.

33.

37.

37.

37.

37.

37.

37.

43.

43.

43.

43.

43.

48.

48.

48.

Peer assessment

score (5.0=highest)

Ohio State University¨CColumbus*

3.6

Univ. of California¨CSan Diego*

3.6

Univ. of Maryland¨CCollege Park*

3.6

North Carolina State U.¨CRaleigh*

3.5

University of Florida*

3.5

University of Pennsylvania

3.5

Univ. of Southern California

3.5

Harvard University (MA)

3.4

University of California¨CDavis*

3.4

University of Colorado¨CBoulder*

3.4

University of Virginia*

3.4

Arizona State University*

3.3

3.3

Case Western Reserve Univ. (OH)

Iowa State University*

3.3

Lehigh University (PA)

3.3

Univ. of California¨CSanta Barbara*

3.3

Yale University (CT)

3.3

Brown University (RI)

3.2

Michigan State University*

3.2

University of Notre Dame (IN)

3.2

Vanderbilt University (TN)

3.2

Washington University in St. Louis

3.2

Dartmouth College (NH)

3.1

Rutgers, the St. U. of N.J.¨CNew Brunswick* 3.1

University of Arizona*

3.1

Massachusetts Inst. of Technology

Georgia Institute of Technology*

University of Michigan¨CAnn Arbor*

Stanford University (CA)

California Institute of Technology

CIVIL

1.

1.

3.

4.

5.

University of California¨CBerkeley*

U. of Illinois¨CUrbana-Champaign*

Massachusetts Inst. of Technology

Stanford University (CA)

Georgia Institute of Technology*

COMPUTER ENGINEERING

AGRICULTURAL

1.

2.

3.

4.

4.

4.

U. of Illinois¨CUrbana-Champaign*

Iowa State University*

Cornell University (NY)

Purdue Univ.¨CWest Lafayette (IN)*

Texas A&M Univ.¨CCollege Station*

University of California¨CDavis*

BIOMEDICAL/BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Johns Hopkins University (MD)

Duke University (NC)

Georgia Institute of Technology*

Univ. of California¨CSan Diego*

University of Pennsylvania

Massachusetts Inst. of Technology

University of California¨CBerkeley*

Univ. of Minnesota¨CTwin Cities*

Stanford University (CA)

Univ. of Wisconsin¨CMadison*

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2.

2.

4.

5.

Massachusetts Inst. of Technology

Carnegie Mellon University (PA)

Stanford University (CA)

University of California¨CBerkeley*

U. of Illinois¨CUrbana-Champaign*

ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC/

COMMUNICATIONS

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Massachusetts Inst. of Technology

University of California¨CBerkeley*

Stanford University (CA)

U. of Illinois¨CUrbana-Champaign*

University of Michigan¨CAnn Arbor*

ENGINEERING SCIENCE/

ENGINEERING PHYSICS

CHEMICAL

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Rank School (*Public)

48.

52.

52.

52.

52.

52.

57.

57.

57.

57.

57.

57.

57.

57.

57.

57.

57.

57.

57.

70.

70.

70.

70.

70.

70.

Peer assessment

score (5.0=highest)

University of California¨CIrvine*

Colorado School of Mines*

University of Delaware*

Univ. of Massachusetts¨CAmherst*

University of Missouri¨CRolla*

University of Pittsburgh*

Auburn University (AL)*

Boston University

Clemson University (SC)*

Colorado State University*

Drexel University (PA)

Illinois Institute of Technology

Northeastern University (MA)

Tufts University (MA)

University at Buffalo¨CSUNY*

University of Illinois¨CChicago*

University of Iowa*

University of Tennessee*

Worcester Polytechnic Inst. (MA)

Kansas State University*

Michigan Technological University*

Rochester Inst. of Technology (NY)

SUNY¨CStony Brook*

University of Utah*

Washington State University*

At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate (*Public)

AEROSPACE/AERONAUTICAL/

ASTRONAUTICAL

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Rank School (*Public)

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1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Cornell University (NY)

University of California¨CBerkeley*

U. of Illinois¨CUrbana-Champaign*

California Institute of Technology

Pennsylvania State U.¨CUniversity Park*

5. Princeton University (NJ)

5. University of Michigan¨CAnn Arbor*

ENVIRONMENTAL/

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

1.

2.

3.

3.

5.

Stanford University (CA)

University of California¨CBerkeley*

U. of Illinois¨CUrbana-Champaign*

University of Michigan¨CAnn Arbor*

Massachusetts Inst. of Technology

INDUSTRIAL/MANUFACTURING

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Georgia Institute of Technology*

University of Michigan¨CAnn Arbor*

Purdue Univ.¨CWest Lafayette (IN)*

Pennsylvania State U.¨CUniversity Park*

University of California¨CBerkeley*

MATERIALS

1.

2.

3.

3.

5.

Stanford University (CA)

University of California¨CBerkeley*

Massachusetts Inst. of Technology

University of Michigan¨CAnn Arbor*

U. of Illinois¨CUrbana-Champaign*

MECHANICAL

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Massachusetts Inst. of Technology

Stanford University (CA)

University of California¨CBerkeley*

University of Michigan¨CAnn Arbor*

U. of Illinois¨CUrbana-Champaign*

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3.1

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

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

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