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Rating
1
Webb Institute  
16
31.6 31.6
2
Harvey Mudd College  
37
31.4 31.4
3
Dartmouth College  
13
31.0 31.0
4
United States Air Force Academy  
19
30.4 30.4
5
Bradley University  
13
30.0 30.0
6
Mississippi State University  
38
29.6 29.6
7
Brigham Young University - Provo  
17
29.6 29.6
8
Cornell University  
66
29.4 29.4
9
Villanova University  
26
29.4 29.4
10
Lehigh University  
43
29.2 29.2
11
Lafayette College  
16
29.2 29.2
12
Purdue University  
79
29.2 29.2
13
University of California - Irvine  
39
29.0 29.0
14
Massachusetts Institute of Technology  
70
29.0 29.0
15
Tufts University  
12
28.8 28.8
16
University of Idaho  
16
28.8 28.8
17
University of Texas - Austin  
34
28.8 28.8
18
Bucknell University  
26
28.6 28.6
19
University of Alabama - Huntsville  
17
28.6 28.6
20
Duke University  
17
28.5 28.5
21
California State Polytechnic University - Pomona  
24
28.5 28.5
22
University of Notre Dame  
15
28.5 28.5
23
Texas Tech University  
30
28.5 28.5
24
University of Alabama  
17
28.5 28.5
25
Cedarville University  
12
28.5 28.5
26
Rice University  
31
28.4 28.4
27
Northwestern University  
33
28.4 28.4
28
University of Washington - Seattle  
32
28.3 28.3
29
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology  
23
28.3 28.3
30
Carnegie Mellon University  
41
28.3 28.3
31
Texas A & M University - College Station  
69
28.2 28.2
32
United States Naval Academy  
22
28.2 28.2
33
Miami University - Oxford  
14
28.2 28.2
34
Missouri University of Science and Technology  
31
28.1 28.1
35
Harding University  
11
28.1 28.1
36
Michigan Technological University  
52
28.1 28.1
37
California Institute of Technology  
11
28.0 28.0
38
Worcester Polytechnic Institute  
60
27.9 27.9
39
Clemson University  
46
27.8 27.8
40
Michigan State University  
33
27.8 27.8
41
Southern Methodist University  
17
27.7 27.7
42
Brown University  
20
27.7 27.7
43
Vanderbilt University  
26
27.7 27.7
44
Western New England University  
24
27.6 27.6
45
Washington University in St Louis  
22
27.6 27.6
46
University of Dayton  
32
27.5 27.5
47
Milwaukee School of Engineering  
68
27.5 27.5
48
Western Michigan University  
24
27.4 27.4
49
University of Maryland - College Park  
39
27.4 27.4
50
University of Wisconsin - Platteville  
13
27.4 27.4

 

About this College Ranking

The Ranking of Engineering Schools is made up as follows:

50% - Educational Quality
25% - Academic Success is based upon 'understanding'
12% - Creativity Encouragement
5% - Work is Useful
4% - Faculty Accessibility
4% - University Funding Use

The rationale behind this ranking structure is as follows:

Educational Quality - (in program).  Educational Quality is a umbrella over many issues designed to capture (overall) the quality and depth of instruction at an institution. 

Academic Success is based upon understanding - While a student may be learning and exceptional amount from his or her program, upon graduation, his or her initial earning power (salary) and job quality will be largely dominated by grades. 
This metric is an estimation of how well the grades a student receives actually match with their competency in the material.  Some schools stake their reputation on their ability to spread out grades ('no grade inflation') and to make very qualified and competent students suffer later in life (earning power) for the sake of the school reputation.  This does students and families a great disservice, as they are making significant investments for both the education and reputation to assist them.  Instead, by spreading grades, the school is taking that investment and punishing the customer.

Creativity Encouragement - Engineering, particularly is noted for its lack of creativity.  Some people have noted that creativity has no place in engineering.  However, this is the exact opposite of being true.  Nowadays, more than ever, practical engineering itself is reduced to an overengineered process.  Unfortunately, many of the tasks taken by engineers, if lacking creativity can be reduced to simple programs.  The engineer is seen more as a 'translator' between the human ideas & management and the physical implementation.  Creativity however, makes the engineer more than just a tool, bringing value (salary/job reliability) to them immediately and further into the future. 

Usefulness of work - Being kept busy, repeating mundane application tasks does not guarantee that a student becomes grounded in both the techniques and theory to be a good engineer.  Rather, it can lead to student burnout, causing them to waste significant amounts of tuition moneys in a degree program that becomes unused.

Faculty Accessibility - Ultimately, faculty interaction is why students attend colleges and universities.  Otherwise, a student could easily view lectures on webcast or simply read the book.  Ideally the faculty provides access to more information, more resources, a network, and a link to the real world that the student can learn from and access.  If the faculty do not make themselves available, then they reduce the deeper educational capacity of the institution and hamstring the students — essentially making them walk up to and dive off of a diving board blindfolded with only the 'theoretical knowledge' that there is water in the pool, there are no alligators, or that the diving board even exists.

University Funding Use - This is how readily the students see that the university funding is being used for their benefit.  The immediate implications ones of facilities and resources that the students can use to grow beyond the classroom.  The long term implication is that if the University continues using its funding in a manner beneficial to students, then the value of the students' degrees, post graduation, will continue to rise. 

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Major unemployment rate

_All Majors
Unemployed%0%9
Minimum Wage%0%4
All Others%0%86
More: Unemployment for all Majors *** not counting stay at home parents *** not counting those currently in grad school

Are things going well in ?

Going Well%0
Not Going Well%100
More: All Majors Satisfaction ??? This is a social "life satisfaction" question. Overall, would people who graduated with a degree in say that their life is going well? It could be interpreted in terms of stress, salary, long hours, future prospects, etc. *** not counting those currently in grad school

Graduates who stayed in

Still in Field%0
Got out%100
More: All Majors Still in field ??? A high "got out" percentage can be interpreted a couple of ways -- for instance, perhaps the major is a great stepping stone to becoming a totally different career -- like a doctor. Or perhaps the jobs one gets with the major just aren't that great. *** not counting those currently in grad school

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