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Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs

Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs Ranking Methodology

These undergrad engineering programs were ranked solely on a peer assessment survey conducted in spring 2012. To appear on an undergraduate engineering survey, a school must have a program accredited by ABET. These programs are split into two groups: schools whose highest engineering degree offered is a doctorate and schools whose highest engineering degree offered is a bachelor's or master's.

Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs (where doctorate is highest degree)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

#1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

#2 Stanford University

Stanford, CA

#3 California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA

#3 University of California--Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs (where doctorate not offered)

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

#1 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Terre Haute, IN

#2 Harvey Mudd College

Claremont, CA

#3 United States Military Academy

West Point, NY

Engineering Specialties (where doctorate is highest degree)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Aerospace / Aeronautical / Astronautical

#1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

#2 Georgia Institute of Technology

#3 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor

Purdue University--West Lafayette

Biological/Agricultural

#1 Purdue University--West Lafayette

#1 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign

#3 Iowa State University

Johns Hopkins University

Biomedical

#1 Johns Hopkins University

#2 Georgia Institute of Technology

#3 Duke University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Chemical

#1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

#2 University of California--Berkeley

#3 University of Wisconsin--Madison

University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign

Civil

#1 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign

#2 University of California--Berkeley

#3 Georgia Institute of Technology

Stanford University

Computer

#1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

#2 Stanford University

#3 University of California--Berkeley

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Electrical / Electronic / Communications

#1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

#2 University of California--Berkeley

#3 Stanford University

Cornell University

Engineering Science/Engineering Physics

#1 Cornell University

#2 California Institute of Technology

#2 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign

Stanford University

Environmental / Environmental health

#1 Stanford University

#2 Georgia Institute of Technology

#3 University of California--Berkeley

Georgia Institute of Technology

Industrial / Manufacturing

#1 Georgia Institute of Technology

#2 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor

#3 University of California--Berkeley

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Materials

#1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

#2 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign

#3 University of California--Berkeley

Georgia Institute of Technology

Mechanical

#1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

#2 University of California--Berkeley

#3 Georgia Institute of Technology

Engineering Specialties (where doctorate not offered)

Aerospace / Aeronautical / Astronautical

Electrical / Electronic / Communications

Industrial / Manufacturing