Best Universities

Best Universities
Top Engineering Colleges Ranking by graduateshotline.com 2006 S.No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 University/College Massachusetts Inst of Technology Stanford University University of California-Berkeley California Institute Technology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Georgia Institute of Technology University of Michigan Cornell University Carnegie Mellon University University of Texas at Austin Purdue University University of California- San Diego University of California- Los Angeles Texas A&M University Princeton University Pennsylvania State University University of Wisconsin-Madison University of Maryland College Park Harvard University University of California-Santa Barbara University of Southern California University of Minnesota Northwestern University Johns Hopkins University Virginia Polytech Inst & State University Ohio State University University of Virginia Columbia University (FU) University of Pennsylvania Duke University Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst North Carolina State University Rice University University of Washington University of Florida University of California-Davis Washington University -St. Louis Yale University University of Massachusetts at Amherst Michigan State University

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Iowa State University University of Arizona University of California-Irvine University of Colorado-Boulder Case Western Reserve University Rutgers State University-New Brunswick University of Notre Dame Lehigh university Northeastern University University of Rochester University of Delaware University of Iowa Brown University Arizona State University Drexel University

Below are listed some middle order Universities
VLSI University of Arizona, Iowa State University, Michigan State University, University of Utah, Oregon State University, University of Massa. Amherst, Clarkson University, Portland State University (Low rank but good in VLSI) Telecom/DSP SMU, University of Texas Dallas, NJIT, Clemson CS State University of New York Stony Brook ,Indiana University, University of Utah, Dartmouth College, Temple University Mechanical Arizona State University, University of Missouri-Rolla, Clemson, Washington State Industrial University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, Wayne State University, University of Houston, State University of New York-Buffalo Aerospace University of Colorado, University of Cincinnati, University of Dayton, University of Kansas, University of Alabama-Huntsville Chemical Iowa State, University of Delaware, University of Houston, WPI Profiles of Top Engineering Schools To help you gage the breadth of the engineering research conducted and the undergraduate research opportunities, we provide the number of PhD degrees awarded in engineering, as well as, the percentage of engineering PhD's to bachelor degrees in engineering for each university. Universities that award no PhD's generally focus less on research and more on undergraduate teaching. The universities below are listed in descending order based on their percentage of PhD to BS degrees in engineering. You can click on the university name to go to that university's web site.

Lehigh University*

Columbia University: Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science

 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania  New York, New York  Private  4,700 Undergraduates  1,360 Engineering Undergrads  32% Engineering majors  25 engineering PhD's awarded  8% PhD/BS engineering  19% PhD/BS engineering  SAT or ACT,essay  SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests and essay United States Coast Guard Academy  31% Engineering majors (at Columbia U)  72 engineering PhD's awarded  Private

Rice University**

 Houston, Texas  Private  2,900 Undergraduates  27% Engineering majors  34 engineering PhD's awarded  17% PhD/BS engineering  SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests, essay required, interview recommended Carnegie Mellon University**

 New London, Connecticut  Public  1,000 Undergraduates  25% Engineering majors  No engineering PhD's awarded  SAT or ACT, essay, physical fitness evaluation

Cornell University

 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  Private  5,300 Undergraduates  24% Engineering majors  75 engineering PhD's awarded  26% PhD/BS engineering  SAT or ACT and SAT Subject Tests in Math/Physics/Chemistry United States Air Force Academy

 Ithaca, New York  Private  13,625 Undergraduates  23% Engineering majors  78 engineering PhD's awarded  10% PhD/BS engineering  SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests, essay United States Military Academy: West Point

 Colorado Springs, Colorado

 West Point, New York

 Public  4,200 Undergraduates  23% Engineering majors  No engineering PhD's awarded  SAT or ACT, essay, physical aptitude exam (PAE), recommendation from congressional rep, essay, interview required Virginia Polytechnic Institute Purdue

 Public  4,000 Undergraduates  23% Engineering majors  No engineering PhD's awarded  SAT or ACT, physical aptitude exam (PAE), recommendation from congressional rep, essay required University

 Blacksburg, Virginia  Public  21,400 Undergraduates  23% Engineering majors  98 engineering PhD's awarded  9% PhD/BS engineering  SAT or ACT Lafayette College**

 West Lafayette, Indiana  Public  30,400 Undergraduates  22% Engineering majors  127 engineering PhD's awarded  11% PhD/BS engineering  SAT or ACT Stanford University

 Easton, Pennsylvania  Private  2,200 Undergraduates  22% Engineering majors  No engineering PhD's awarded  SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests and interview recommended, essay

 Palo Alto, California  Private  6,400 Undergraduates  21% Engineering majors  191 engineering PhD's awarded  51% PhD/BS engineering  SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests recommended, essay required University of Michigan

Johns Hopkins University**

 Baltimore, Maryland  Private  4,100 Undergraduates

 Ann Arbor, Michigan  Public  24,300 Undergraduates

 21% Engineering majors  50 engineering PhD's awarded  18% PhD/BS engineering  SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT, essay, interview recommended Bucknell University**

 21% Engineering majors  195 engineering PhD's awarded  17% PhD/BS engineering  SAT or ACT, essay Princeton University

 Lewisburg, Pennsylvania  Private  3,500 Undergraduates  19% Engineering majors  No engineering PhD's awarded  SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests optional, essay required

 Princeton, New Jersey  Private  4,600 Undergraduates  18% Engineering majors  110 engineering PhD's awarded  54% PhD/BS engineering  SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests, essay Vanderbilt University**

University of Illinois

 Urbana, Illinois  Public  28,200 Undergraduates  18% Engineering majors  194 engineering PhD's awarded  17% PhD/BS engineering  SAT or ACT, essay Northwestern University

 Nashville, Tennessee  Private  6,200 Undergraduates  17% Engineering majors  20 engineering PhD's awarded  9% PhD/BS engineering  SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests recommended, essay required Tufts University**

 Northwestern University  Public  7,900 Undergraduates  17% Engineering majors  72 engineering PhD's awarded

 Medford, Massachusetts  Private  1,707 Undergraduates  15% Engineering majors  No engineering PhD's awarded  SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT,

 22% PhD/BS engineering  SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests, essay required University of California: Berkeley

essay, interview recommended

University of Pennsylvania

 Berkeley, California  Public  23,200 Undergraduates  14% Engineering majors  170 engineering PhD's awarded  19% PhD/BS engineering  SAT or ACT and SAT Subject Tests, essay required Pennsylvania State University

 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  Private  9,500 Undergraduates  14% Engineering majors  31 engineering PhD's awarded  8% PhD/BS engineering  SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT, essay Rochester Institute of Technology*

 University Park, Pennsylvania  Public  34,000 Undergraduates  14% Engineering majors  130 engineering PhD's awarded  10% PhD/BS engineering  SAT or ACT University of Virginia

 Rochester, New York  Private  1,800 Undergraduates  14% Engineering majors  No engineering PhD's awarded  SAT or ACT

University of Rochester*

 Charlottesville, Virginia  Private  13,000 Undergraduates  13% Engineering majors  40 engineering PhD's awarded  10% PhD/BS engineering

 Rochester, New York  Private  4,500 Undergraduates  12% Engineering majors  16 engineering PhD's awarded  12% PhD/BS engineering

 SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests, essay Duke University**

 SAT or ACT, essay Dartmouth College**

 Durham, North Carolina  Private  6,100 Undergraduates  12% Engineering majors  21 engineering PhD's awarded  11% PhD/BS engineering  SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT, essay required University of Wisconsin

 Hanover, New Hampshire  Private  4,000 Undergraduates  11% Engineering majors  8 engineering PhD's awarded  7% PhD/BS engineering  SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests, essay University of Minnesota

 Madison, Wisconsin  Public  40,000 Undergraduates

 Minneapolis-St.Paul, Minnesota  Public  28,700 Undergraduates

 11% Engineering majors  79 engineering PhD's awarded  13% PhD/BS engineering  SAT or ACT, essay Union College**

 11% Engineering majors  77 engineering PhD's awarded  14% PhD/BS engineering  SAT or ACT University of Notre Dame

 Schenectady, New York  Private  2,150 Undergraduates  10% Engineering majors  No engineering PhD's awarded  SAT or SAT Subject Tests or ACT, essay required, interview recommended

 Notre Dame, Indiana  Private  8,300 Undergraduates  10% Engineering majors  24 engineering PhD's awarded  12% PhD/BS engineering  SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests optional, essay required Ohio State University

Michigan State University

 East Lansing, Michigan  Public  34,600 Undergraduates

 Columbus, Ohio  Public  37,400 Undergraduates

 10% Engineering majors  26 engineering PhD's awarded  4% PhD/BS engineering  SAT or ACT, essay University of Southern California

 10% Engineering majors  101 engineering PhD's awarded  15% PhD/BS engineering  SAT or ACT University of California: Los Angeles (UCLA)

 Los Angeles, California  Private  16,200 Undergraduates  9% Engineering majors  66 engineering PhD's awarded  19% PhD/BS engineering  SAT or ACT, essay required Harvard University**

 Los Angeles, California  Public  25,700 Undergraduates  8% Engineering majors  91 engineering PhD's awarded  18% PhD/BS engineering  SAT or ACT and SAT Subject Tests, essay required Grove City College

 Cambridge, Massachusetts  Private  6,600 Undergraduates  8% Engineering majors  14 engineering PhD's awarded  11% PhD/BS engineering  SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests, essay, interview Boston University**

 Grove City, Pennsylvania  Private  2,300 Undergraduates  7% Engineering majors  No engineering PhD's awarded  SAT or ACT, essay required, interview recommended

Trinity University**

 Boston, Massachusetts  Private  16,000 Undergraduates  6% Engineering majors  21 engineering PhD's awarded

 San Antonio, Texas  Private  2,400 Undergraduates  6% Engineering majors  No engineering PhD's awarded

 9% PhD/BS engineering  SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT, essay required Swarthmore College**

 SAT or ACT, essay

University of Iowa

 Swarthmore, Pennsylvania  Private  1,500 Undergraduates  6% Engineering majors  No engineering PhD's awarded  SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT, essay

 Iowa City, Iowa  Public  19,400 Undergraduates  5% Engineering majors  30 engineering PhD's awarded  14% PhD/BS engineering  SAT or ACT Yale University**

Brown University

 Providence, Rhode Island  Private  5,600 Undergraduates  4% Engineering majors  5 engineering PhD's awarded  8% PhD/BS engineering  SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT, essay Trinity College*

 New Haven, Connecticut  Private  5,300 Undergraduates  4% Engineering majors  20 engineering PhD's awarded  36% PhD/BS engineering  SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT, essay Washington and Lee University**

 Hartford, Connecticut  Private  2,100 Undergraduates  3% Engineering majors  No engineering PhD's awarded  SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT, essay required, interview recommended

 Lexington, Virginia  Private  1,700 Undergraduates  2% Engineering majors  No engineering PhD's awarded

Questions Especially for Ph.D. Applicants

How can I be admitted to a Harvard Ph.D. program? You must distinguish yourself among your peer group. Every year, we only admit the very best candidates. Because we have a limited number of places, we are sometimes forced to turn down candidates who could have successfully completed the program.

What are the criteria for admission to the Ph.D. program? While there is no perfect set of criteria for admission, we especially look for candidates who ... 1. Have a strong interest in and great potential for undertaking research 2. Have excellent grades, e.g., in the range of A to A3. Have competitive GRE scores 4. Have solid preparation in coursework and research experience (e.g., a strong plan of study at a respected university) 5. Have solid letters of recommendation from distinguished faculty and mentors You might also find the graduate student data (statistics for the most recent entering class) a helpful guide.

How can I tell whether I should apply? We often receive inquiries from students who want to know whether to apply to the program. It is very difficult to predict outcomes without reviewing the completed application. In particular, we are not likely to make an assessment just from seeing just your vita, resume, or transcript.

What can I do to improve my chances of admission? 1. Undertake an ambitious course of study (including advanced courses)

and do well 2. Become involved with a research project, take part in research internships during the summer, or work in an industry research lab. 3. Obtain recommendation letters from people who (a) know your work and (b) know what is expected at a major research university

Who should write my letters of recommendation? The strongest letters of recommendation are from people who (a) know your work and (b) know what is expected at a major research university. The most helpful letters will not simply claim that you are smart, are creative, work well independently, etc. The best letters are packed with specific information about what you did and what the results were.

Should I contact members of the faculty if I am interested in their research? We encourage serious-minded candidates (i.e. those who have a clear sense of what they would like to do and whom they would like to work with) to get in touch with relevant faculty to discuss their research plans.

 SAT or ACT, SAT Subject Tests, essay required