THE TOP SCHOOLS
Overall
score
Peer
assessment
score
(5.0 highest)
Recruiter
assessment
score
(5.0 highest)
'06
average
quantitative
GRE score
'06
acceptance
rate
'06
Ph.D.
students/
faculty
'06
faculty
membership
in National
Academy of
Engineering
'06
engineering
school
research
expenditures
(in millions)
'06
research
expenditures
per faculty
member
(in thousands)
Ph.D's
granted
2005-2006
'06 total
graduate
engineering
enrollment
Rank/School
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
100
4.9
4.8
779
22.2%
4.2
12.7%
$234.5
$644.3
288
2,662
2. Stanford University (CA)
99
4.8
4.7
781
31.2%
7.3
16.9%
$152.4
$725.8
247
3,243
3. University of Califonia-Berkeley
87
4.8
4.5
771
18.4%
5.5
16.9%
$119.8
$493.0
206
1,639
4. Georgia Institute of Technology
83
4.4
4.3
763
34.9%
4.2
5.0%
$203.7
$423.4
315
3,925
5. University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
82
4.5
4.3
772
27.3%
4.1
3.5%
$200.1
$483.4
240
2,472
6. Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
80
4.2
4.2
775
22.3%
4.5
10.1%
$159.0
$760.6
142
1,634
7. California Institute of Technology
79
4.6
4.6
790
9.8%
5.7
10.5%
$80.9
$817.2
71
601
University of Southern California (Viterbi)
79
3.5
3.7
754
48.8%
5.6
15.7%
$169.8
$999.0
151
3,805
9. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
76
4.4
4.2
772
40.0%
4.1
3.8%
$145.7
$484.2
218
2,450
10. Cornell University (NY)
75
4.3
4.2
785
24.3%
4.2
9.9%
$118.7
$608.7
122
1,295
11. University of Texas-Austin
74
4.2
4.1
763
29.7%
3.6
8.8%
$124.1
$516.9
191
2,125
12. Purdue University-West Lafayette (IN)
73
4.1
4.1
757
30.4%
3.8
3.6%
$121.8
$364.8
209
2,255
13. University of California-San Diego (Jacobs)
72
3.7
3.9
765
22.0%
4.9
10.1%
$138.6
$845.0
106
1,195
14. Texas A&M University-College Station (Look)
68
3.7
3.7
751
37.9%
2.9
3.7%
$196.1
$692.8
153
2,265
University of Wisconsin-Madison
68
4.1
4.0
776
22.8%
3.7
4.1%
$121.4
$549.2
114
1,515
16. University of California-Los Angeles (Samueli)
67
3.7
3.7
764
35.8%
5.3
11.8%
$89.2
$598.7
142
1,295
University of Maryland-College Park (Clark)
67
3.6
3.6
758
24.5%
4.2
6.1%
$151.6
$665.1
165
1,878
18. Princeton University (NJ)
65
4.1
4.1
784
17.7%
3.9
11.5%
$52.1
$410.5
81
500
19. Columbia University (Fu Foundation) (NY)
62
3.6
3.7
773
29.4%
4.1
10.2%
$84.4
$634.5
84
1,394
University of California-Santa Barbara
62
3.4
3.5
776
24.9%
4.3
17.2%
$81.1
$610.1
107
674
21. Northwestern University (McCormick) (IL)
61
3.9
3.8
770
27.6%
3.7
5.0%
$89.2
$506.9
119
1,121
Pennsylvania State University-University Park
61
3.8
3.8
755
34.8%
3.3
2.8%
$118.1
$329.8
191
1,628
23. Harvard University (MA)
57
3.5
3.7
740
12.8%
5.2
13.6%
$35.2
$596.6
29
345
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
57
3.7
3.8
771
36.3%
3.6
5.7%
$71.7
$349.6
143
1,620
University of Washington
57
3.7
3.6
736
34.3%
4.0
5.7%
$91.6
$497.8
107
1,440
26. Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) (MD)
56
3.9
3.9
759
20.4%
4.1
3.0%
$54.3
$408.6
66
2,604
Ohio State University
56
3.6
3.6
758
27.8%
2.8
2.4%
$108.4
$438.8
136
1,211
University of Florida
56
3.5
3.4
757
43.3%
4.4
2.4%
$107.8
$387.6
181
2,224
29. University of Pennsylvania
55
3.5
3.8
760
32.3%
4.1
7.2%
$54.5
$550.1
48
1,073
30. Duke University (NC)
53
3.6
3.8
764
28.9%
3.6
1.8%
$59.8
$548.4
53
574
Rice University (Brown) (TX)
53
3.7
3.8
760
15.3%
4.4
6.6%
$33.2
$322.3
73
513
University of Rochester (NY)
53
2.7
3.0
767
19.6%
3.6
3.6%
$102.1
$1,244.8
27
430
33. Virginia Tech
52
3.6
3.7
768
27.8%
2.6
2.3%
$89.5
$267.2
147
1,891
34. North Carolina State University
51
3.3
3.4
756
23.2%
2.8
3.6%
$103.0
$360.2
119
1,903
University of California-Davis
51
3.4
3.7
749
34.3%
4.1
4.9%
$61.7
$342.5
80
1,133
36. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)
50
3.5
3.9
755
33.3%
3.3
5.0%
$51.9
$314.6
101
1,054
37. University of California-Irvine (Samueli)
48
3.1
3.5
755
25.7%
4.1
5.8%
$66.1
$434.7
89
915
University of Virginia
48
3.3
3.4
753
20.8%
3.2
7.2%
$54.2
$410.4
51
720
Yale University (CT)
48
3.3
3.7
778
17.5%
2.8
10.4%
$25.3
$346.9
31
232
40. University of Colorado-Boulder
47
3.3
3.3
761
61.1%
3.2
5.8%
$56.7
$365.7
76
1,493
41. Boston University
45
2.9
3.2
763
26.6%
3.7
5.0%
$59.6
$500.6
64
664
42. Lehigh University (Rossin) (PA)
44
3.1
3.5
765
23.1%
2.9
8.7%
$31.5
$262.6
38
562
Vanderbilt University (TN)
44
3.2
3.4
757
15.0%
3.9
1.2%
$43.4
$510.6
40
416
Washington University in St. Louis (Sever)
44
3.2
3.6
760
25.5%
3.3
1.1%
$18.2
$207.1
44
820
45. Case Western Reserve University (OH)
43
3.3
3.4
766
28.0%
2.4
2.6%
$37.1
$316.8
70
627
Iowa State University
43
3.2
3.4
766
22.4%
2.3
0.5%
$65.5
$313.3
78
860
47. Dartmouth College (Thayer) (NH)
42
3.0
3.6
778
14.5%
2.1
2.3%
$20.6
$491.6
14
182
Rutgers, the State Univ. of N.J.-New Brunswick
42
3.0
3.2
730
25.6%
1.9
4.2%
$77.9
$381.7
66
865
University of Delaware
42
2.9
3.5
745
25.6%
3.8
3.4%
$39.3
$348.1
69
668
50. Arizona State University (Fulton)
41
3.1
3.2
759
44.1%
3.0
3.1%
$50.2
$264.0
100
1,603
University of Pittsburgh
41
2.9
3.3
776
34.5%
2.7
1.7%
$56.6
$456.6
52
626