Engineering Specialties: Computer Engineering
New! Ranked in 2007*

Rank/School     Average assessment
score (5.0=highest)
1.     Massachusetts Institute of Technology     5.0
2.     Stanford University (CA)     4.9
3.     University of California–Berkeley     4.8
4.     Carnegie Mellon University (PA)     4.7
      University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign     4.7
6.     California Institute of Technology     4.2
      Georgia Institute of Technology     4.2
      Princeton University (NJ)     4.2
      University of Michigan–Ann Arbor     4.2
      University of Texas–Austin     4.2
11.     Cornell University (NY)     4.0
      Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN)     4.0
13.     University of California–Los Angeles (Samueli)     3.8
      University of Southern California (Viterbi)     3.8
      University of Washington     3.8
      University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee     3.8
17.     University of California–San Diego (Jacobs)     3.7
18.     University of Maryland–College Park (Clark)     3.6
      University of Minnesota–Twin Cities     3.6
20.     Columbia University (Fu Foundation) (NY)     3.5
      Pennsylvania State University–University Park     3.5
      Rice University (Brown) (TX)     3.5
23.     Harvard University (MA)     3.4
      Ohio State University     3.4
25.     Northwestern University (McCormick) (IL)     3.3
      Texas A&M University–College Station (Look)     3.3
      University of Pennsylvania     3.3
      University of Virginia     3.3
29.     Brown University (RI)     3.2
      Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) (MD)     3.2
      Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)     3.2
      Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–New Brunswick     3.2
      University of California–Santa Barbara     3.2
      University of Massachusetts–Amherst     3.2
      Virginia Tech     3.2
      Washington University in St. Louis (Sever)     3.2
37.     North Carolina State University     3.1
      University of Arizona     3.1
      University of California–Davis     3.1
      University of California–Irvine (Samueli)     3.1
      University of Colorado–Boulder     3.1
      University of Florida     3.1
43.     Arizona State University (Fulton)     3.0
      Iowa State University     3.0
      Vanderbilt University (TN)     3.0
46.     Boston University     2.9
      Case Western Reserve University (OH)     2.9
      Dartmouth College (Thayer) (NH)     2.9
      Michigan State University     2.9
      SUNY–Stony Brook     2.9
      University of Notre Dame (IN)     2.9
      University of Rochester (NY)     2.9
53.     Auburn University (Ginn) (AL)     2.8
      Oregon State University     2.8
      University of Utah     2.8
56.     Clemson University (SC)     2.7
      Northeastern University (MA)     2.7
      Syracuse University (NY)     2.7
      University at Buffalo–SUNY     2.7
      University of Illinois–Chicago     2.7
      University of Iowa     2.7
      Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MA)     2.7
63.     Lehigh University (Rossin) (PA)     2.6
      Polytechnic University (NY)     2.6
      University of Maryland–Baltimore County     2.6
      University of New Mexico     2.6
      University of Texas–Dallas (Jonsson)     2.6
68.     Drexel University (PA)     2.5
      George Mason University (Volgenau) (VA)     2.5
      University of California–Riverside (Bourns)     2.5
      University of Central Florida     2.5
      University of Cincinnati     2.5
      University of Connecticut     2.5
      University of Delaware     2.5
      University of Missouri–Columbia     2.5
      University of Missouri–Rolla     2.5
      University of Tennessee–Knoxville     2.5


* This ranking was computed in January of the year cited, based on data from a survey sent out in the fall of the previous year.

Engineering Specialties: Chemical
New! Ranked in 2007*

Rank/School         Average assessment
score (5.0=highest)
1.         Massachusetts Institute of Technology         4.9
2.         California Institute of Technology         4.8
          University of Minnesota–Twin Cities         4.8
4.         University of California–Berkeley         4.7
5.         University of Wisconsin–Madison         4.6
6.         Stanford University (CA)         4.5
7.         Princeton University (NJ)         4.4
          University of Texas–Austin         4.4
9.         University of California–Santa Barbara         4.3
10.         University of Delaware         4.1
          University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign         4.1
12.         Carnegie Mellon University (PA)         4.0
          University of Michigan–Ann Arbor         4.0
14.         Cornell University (NY)         3.9
          Georgia Institute of Technology         3.9
          Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN)         3.9
17.         Northwestern University (McCormick) (IL)         3.8
18.         University of Pennsylvania         3.7
19.         University of Colorado–Boulder         3.6
20.         North Carolina State University         3.5
21.         Pennsylvania State University–University Park         3.4
          University of Florida         3.4
23.         Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) (MD)         3.3
          Rice University (Brown) (TX)         3.3
          University of Washington         3.3
26.         Ohio State University         3.2
          Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)         3.2
          University of California–Davis         3.2
          University of California–Los Angeles (Samueli)         3.2
30.         Texas A&M University–College Station (Look)         3.1
          University of Massachusetts–Amherst         3.1
          University of Notre Dame (IN)         3.1
33.         University of Virginia         3.0
34.         Case Western Reserve University (OH)         2.9
          Iowa State University         2.9
          University of Houston (Cullen)         2.9
          University of Maryland–College Park (Clark)         2.9
          University of Pittsburgh         2.9
          University of Southern California (Viterbi)         2.9
          Virginia Tech         2.9
          Washington University in St. Louis (Sever)         2.9
42.         Lehigh University (Rossin) (PA)         2.8
          University at Buffalo–SUNY         2.8
44.         Arizona State University (Fulton)         2.7
          Columbia University (Fu Foundation) (NY)         2.7
          Vanderbilt University (TN)         2.7
47.         CUNY–City College (Grove)         2.6
          Michigan State University         2.6
          Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–New Brunswick         2.6
          University of Arizona         2.6
          Yale University (CT)         2.6
52.         Auburn University (Ginn) (AL)         2.5
          Clemson University (SC)         2.5
          Colorado School of Mines         2.5
          Colorado State University         2.5
          Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour)         2.5
          University of California–Irvine (Samueli)         2.5
          University of Oklahoma         2.5


* This ranking was computed in January of the year cited, based on data from a survey sent out in the fall of the previous year.

Engineering Specialties: Biomedical/Bioengineering
New! Ranked in 2007*

Rank/School         Average assessment
score (5.0=highest)
1.         Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) (MD)         4.7
2.         Georgia Institute of Technology         4.6
          University of California–San Diego (Jacobs)         4.6
4.         University of Washington         4.5
5.         Duke University (NC)         4.3
6.         Boston University         4.2
          University of Pennsylvania         4.2
8.         Massachusetts Institute of Technology         4.1
9.         Rice University (Brown) (TX)         4.0
10.         Case Western Reserve University (OH)         3.9
          University of Michigan–Ann Arbor         3.9
12.         Northwestern University (McCormick) (IL)         3.8
          Stanford University (CA)         3.8
          University of California–Berkeley †         3.8
          Washington University in St. Louis (Sever)         3.8
16.         University of Pittsburgh         3.6
          University of Virginia         3.6
18.         University of Texas–Austin         3.5
19.         Columbia University (Fu Foundation) (NY)         3.4
          University of Utah         3.4
21.         Vanderbilt University (TN)         3.3
22.         California Institute of Technology         3.2
          University of Wisconsin–Madison         3.2
24.         Carnegie Mellon University (PA)         3.1
          Cornell University (NY)         3.1
          Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN)         3.1
          University of California–Davis         3.1
          University of Minnesota–Twin Cities         3.1
29.         Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)         3.0
30.         Arizona State University (Fulton)         2.9
          Pennsylvania State University–University Park         2.9
          Texas A&M University–College Station (Look)         2.9
          University of Southern California (Viterbi)         2.9
34.         CUNY–City College (Grove)         2.8
          North Carolina State University         2.8
          University of Iowa         2.8
37.         Drexel University (PA)         2.7
          Harvard University (MA)         2.7
          Marquette University (WI)         2.7
          Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–New Brunswick         2.7
          SUNY–Stony Brook         2.7
          University of Alabama–Birmingham         2.7
          University of California–Irvine (Samueli)         2.7
          University of Rochester (NY)         2.7
          Yale University (CT)         2.7
46.         Brown University (RI)         2.6
          Clemson University (SC)         2.6
          University of California–Los Angeles (Samueli)         2.6
49.         University of Arizona         2.5

* This ranking was computed in January of the year cited, based on data from a survey sent out in the fall of the previous year.
† The biomedical engineering doctoral degree program for the University of California–Berkeley is jointly administered with the University of California–San Francisco.

Engineering Specialties: Civil
New! Ranked in 2007*

Rank/School         Average assessment
score (5.0=highest)
1.         University of California–Berkeley         4.8
2.         University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign         4.6
3.         Stanford University (CA)         4.5
4.         Georgia Institute of Technology         4.4
          University of Texas–Austin         4.4
6.         Massachusetts Institute of Technology         4.3
7.         Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN)         4.2
          University of Michigan–Ann Arbor         4.2
9.         California Institute of Technology         4.0
10.         Cornell University (NY)         3.9
          Northwestern University (McCormick) (IL)         3.9
          Virginia Tech         3.9
13.         Carnegie Mellon University (PA)         3.8
          Texas A&M University–College Station (Look)         3.8
          University of Minnesota–Twin Cities         3.8
          University of Wisconsin–Madison         3.8
17.         Pennsylvania State University–University Park         3.6
          Princeton University (NJ)         3.6
          University of Washington         3.6
20.         Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) (MD)         3.5
          University of California–Davis         3.5
          University of California–San Diego (Jacobs)         3.5
          University of Maryland–College Park (Clark)         3.5
24.         Lehigh University (Rossin) (PA)         3.4
          North Carolina State University         3.4
          Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)         3.4
          University of Colorado–Boulder         3.4
28.         Rice University (Brown) (TX)         3.3
          University of California–Los Angeles (Samueli)         3.3
          University of Florida         3.3
31.         Colorado State University         3.2
          Columbia University (Fu Foundation) (NY)         3.2
          Duke University (NC)         3.2
          University of Arizona         3.2
          University of Southern California (Viterbi)         3.2
36.         Arizona State University (Fulton)         3.1
          Iowa State University         3.1
          Michigan State University         3.1
          Ohio State University         3.1
          University at Buffalo–SUNY         3.1
41.         University of California–Irvine (Samueli)         3.0
          University of Iowa         3.0
          University of Missouri–Rolla         3.0
          University of Virginia         3.0
          Washington University in St. Louis (Sever)         3.0
46.         University of Massachusetts–Amherst         2.9
          University of Notre Dame (IN)         2.9
          Vanderbilt University (TN)         2.9
49.         Auburn University (Ginn) (AL)         2.8
          Clarkson University (NY)         2.8
          Clemson University (SC)         2.8
          Drexel University (PA)         2.8
          Michigan Technological University         2.8
          Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–New Brunswick         2.8
55.         Case Western Reserve University (OH)         2.7
          Oregon State University         2.7
          University of Cincinnati         2.7
          University of Delaware         2.7
          University of Tennessee–Knoxville         2.7
60.         Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge         2.6
          Northeastern University (MA)         2.6
          Tufts University (MA)         2.6
          University of Pittsburgh         2.6
          Washington State University         2.6
65.         Kansas State University         2.5
          New Jersey Institute of Technology         2.5
          Texas Tech University         2.5
          University of Connecticut         2.5
          University of Kansas         2.5
          University of Missouri–Columbia         2.5
          University of Nebraska–Lincoln         2.5
          University of Nevada–Reno         2.5
          University of Oklahoma         2.5
          University of Utah         2.5
          Utah State University         2.5


* This ranking was computed in January of the year cited, based on data from a survey sent out in the fall of the previous year.

Engineering Specialties: Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronautical
New! Ranked in 2007*

Rank/School         Average assessment
score (5.0=highest)
1.         California Institute of Technology         4.7
          Massachusetts Institute of Technology         4.7
          Stanford University (CA)         4.7
4.         University of Michigan–Ann Arbor         4.4
5.         Georgia Institute of Technology         4.3
6.         Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN)         4.2
7.         Princeton University (NJ)         4.0
8.         University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign         3.9
9.         Cornell University (NY)         3.8
          Texas A&M University–College Station (Look)         3.8
11.         University of Maryland–College Park (Clark)         3.6
          University of Texas–Austin         3.6
          Virginia Tech         3.6
14.         Pennsylvania State University–University Park         3.5
          University of California–Los Angeles (Samueli)         3.5
16.         University of Colorado–Boulder         3.4
          University of Minnesota–Twin Cities         3.4
          University of Southern California (Viterbi)         3.4
19.         University of Washington         3.3
20.         Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)         3.2
21.         Ohio State University         3.1
22.         Iowa State University         3.0
          University of California–San Diego (Jacobs)         3.0
          University of Florida         3.0
          University of Notre Dame (IN)         3.0
26.         Case Western Reserve University (OH)         2.9
          North Carolina State University         2.9
28.         Air Force Institute of Technology (OH)         2.8
          Arizona State University (Fulton)         2.8
          Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–New Brunswick         2.8
          University of California–Irvine (Samueli)         2.8
32.         University of Arizona         2.7
          University of California–Davis         2.7
          University of Cincinnati         2.7
          University of Virginia         2.7
36.         Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour)         2.6
          Wichita State University (KS)         2.6
38.         University at Buffalo–SUNY         2.5
          University of Kansas         2.5


* This ranking was computed in January of the year cited, based on data from a survey sent out in the fall of the previous year.

Engineering Specialties: Environmental/Environmental Health
New! Ranked in 2007*

Rank/School         Average assessment
score (5.0=highest)
1.         Stanford University (CA)         4.8
2.         University of California–Berkeley         4.5
          University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign         4.5
4.         University of Texas–Austin         4.3
5.         Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) (MD)         4.2
6.         Georgia Institute of Technology         4.1
          University of Michigan–Ann Arbor         4.1
8.         California Institute of Technology         4.0
          Carnegie Mellon University (PA)         4.0
          University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill         4.0
11.         Massachusetts Institute of Technology         3.9
12.         Cornell University (NY)         3.8
          University of California–Davis         3.8
          Virginia Tech         3.8
15.         University of Wisconsin–Madison         3.7
16.         Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN)         3.6
          University of Iowa         3.6
          University of Washington         3.6
19.         Northwestern University (McCormick) (IL)         3.5
          Pennsylvania State University–University Park         3.5
21.         Duke University (NC)         3.4
          Princeton University (NJ)         3.4
          University of Colorado–Boulder         3.4
24.         Yale University (CT)         3.3
25.         Arizona State University (Fulton)         3.2
          Clarkson University (NY)         3.2
          Clemson University (SC)         3.2
          Michigan Technological University         3.2
          Rice University (Brown) (TX)         3.2
          University of Arizona         3.2
          University of Cincinnati         3.2
          University of Florida         3.2
33.         Colorado School of Mines         3.0
          Colorado State University         3.0
          Harvard University (MA)         3.0
          University of California–Irvine (Samueli)         3.0
          University of Massachusetts–Amherst         3.0
38.         Columbia University (Fu Foundation) (NY)         2.9
          Michigan State University         2.9
          OGI School of Sci. & Engineering–Oregon Health & Sci. U.         2.9
          Oregon State University         2.9
          Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)         2.9
          Washington University in St. Louis (Sever)         2.9
44.         Ohio State University         2.8
          Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–New Brunswick         2.8
          University of California–Riverside (Bourns)         2.8
47.         Drexel University (PA)         2.7
          Tufts University (MA)         2.7
          University at Buffalo–SUNY         2.7
          University of Connecticut         2.7
          University of Delaware         2.7
52.         SUNY Col. of Environmental Sci. and Forestry         2.6
          Texas A&M University–Kingsville (Dotterweich)         2.6
          University of Southern California (Viterbi)         2.6
          Vanderbilt University (TN)         2.6
56.         Lehigh University (Rossin) (PA)         2.5
          Northeastern University (MA)         2.5
          University of Pittsburgh         2.5


* This ranking was computed in January of the year cited, based on data from a survey sent out in the fall of the previous year.

Engineering Specialties: Industrial/Manufacturing
New! Ranked in 2007*

Rank/School         Average assessment
score (5.0=highest)
1.         Georgia Institute of Technology         4.8
2.         University of Michigan–Ann Arbor         4.5
3.         Pennsylvania State University–University Park         4.2
          University of California–Berkeley         4.2
5.         Stanford University (CA)         4.1
6.         Northwestern University (McCormick) (IL)         4.0
          Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN)         4.0
8.         Cornell University (NY)         3.9
          Texas A&M University–College Station (Look)         3.9
          Virginia Tech         3.9
11.         University of Wisconsin–Madison         3.8
12.         Columbia University (Fu Foundation) (NY)         3.7
13.         University of Southern California (Viterbi)         3.6
14.         North Carolina State University         3.5
15.         Lehigh University (Rossin) (PA)         3.4
          University of Florida         3.4
17.         Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)         3.2
          University of Texas–Austin         3.2
19.         Arizona State University (Fulton)         3.1
          Ohio State University         3.1
          University of Pittsburgh         3.1
22.         Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–New Brunswick         3.0
23.         Iowa State University         2.9
          University of Arizona         2.9
          University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign         2.9
          University of Washington         2.9
27.         Auburn University (Ginn) (AL)         2.8
          University at Buffalo–SUNY         2.8
29.         Texas Tech University         2.7
          University of Arkansas–Fayetteville         2.7
          University of Minnesota–Twin Cities         2.7
32.         Clemson University (SC)         2.6
          University of Oklahoma         2.6
34.         Oklahoma State University         2.5
          University of Iowa         2.5


* This ranking was computed in January of the year cited, based on data from a survey sent out in the fall of the previous year.

Engineering Specialties: Materials
New! Ranked in 2007*

Rank/School         Average assessment
score (5.0=highest)
1.         Massachusetts Institute of Technology         4.8
2.         Northwestern University (McCormick) (IL)         4.6
          University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign         4.6
4.         University of California–Berkeley         4.5
          University of California–Santa Barbara         4.5
6.         Stanford University (CA)         4.4
7.         Cornell University (NY)         4.3
          Pennsylvania State University–University Park         4.3
9.         Georgia Institute of Technology         4.2
          University of Florida         4.2
          University of Michigan–Ann Arbor         4.2
12.         California Institute of Technology         3.9
          Carnegie Mellon University (PA)         3.9
14.         Ohio State University         3.7
          Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN)         3.7
16.         Harvard University (MA)         3.5
          Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)         3.5
          University of Minnesota–Twin Cities         3.5
          University of Pennsylvania         3.5
20.         University of Texas–Austin         3.4
          University of Wisconsin–Madison         3.4
22.         Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) (MD)         3.3
          Lehigh University (Rossin) (PA)         3.3
          North Carolina State University         3.3
          University of California–Los Angeles (Samueli)         3.3
26.         Case Western Reserve University (OH)         3.2
          University of California–Davis         3.2
          University of California–San Diego (Jacobs)         3.2
          University of Virginia         3.2
          University of Washington         3.2
31.         Brown University (RI)         3.1
          Colorado School of Mines         3.1
          Iowa State University         3.1
          University of Maryland–College Park (Clark)         3.1
          Virginia Tech         3.1
36.         Arizona State University (Fulton)         3.0
          Rice University (Brown) (TX)         3.0
          Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–New Brunswick         3.0
          University of Southern California (Viterbi)         3.0
40.         University of Missouri–Rolla         2.9
41.         Drexel University (PA)         2.8
42.         Alfred Univ.–New York State Col. of Ceramics (Inamori)         2.7
          Columbia University (Fu Foundation) (NY)         2.7
          Michigan Technological University         2.7
          SUNY–Stony Brook         2.7
46.         Clemson University (SC)         2.6
          Michigan State University         2.6
          University of Arizona         2.6
          University of California–Irvine (Samueli)         2.6
          University of Cincinnati         2.6
          University of Connecticut         2.6
52.         Dartmouth College (Thayer) (NH)         2.5
          University of Delaware         2.5
          University of Pittsburgh         2.5
          University of Tennessee–Knoxville         2.5
          University of Utah         2.5
          Washington State University         2.5


* This ranking was computed in January of the year cited, based on data from a survey sent out in the fall of the previous year.

Engineering Specialties: Nuclear
New! Ranked in 2007*

Rank/School         Average assessment
score (5.0=highest)
1.         Massachusetts Institute of Technology         4.6
2.         University of Michigan–Ann Arbor         4.5
3.         University of Wisconsin–Madison         4.2
4.         Texas A&M University–College Station (Look)         3.9
5.         University of California–Berkeley         3.8
6.         Pennsylvania State University–University Park         3.7
7.         North Carolina State University         3.6
8.         Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN)         3.4
9.         University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign         3.2
10.         University of Florida         3.1
11.         Georgia Institute of Technology         3.0
12.         Oregon State University         2.9
          University of Tennessee–Knoxville         2.9
14.         Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)         2.6


* This ranking was computed in January of the year cited, based on data from a survey sent out in the fall of the previous year.