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Engineering Specialty Rankings: Mechanical Ranked in
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2
3
4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
Stanford University Stanford, CA
University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA
California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
6
7
University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL
Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA
4.9
4.8
4.7
4.6
4.6
4.5
4.4
Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN
9
1 0
Cornell University Ithaca, NY
Princeton University Princeton, NJ
University of Texas--Austin (Cockrell) Austin, TX
1 2
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA
Northwestern University (McCormick) Evanston, IL
1 4
Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA
University of California--Los Angeles (Samueli) Los Angeles, CA University of Minnesota--Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI
4.4
4.2
4.0
4.0
3.9
3.9
3.8
3.8
3.8
3.8
1 8
Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) Baltimore, MD
Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA
2 0
Ohio State University Columbus, OH
Texas A&M University--College Station (Look) College Station, TX University of California--San Diego (Jacobs) La Jolla, CA University of Maryland--College Park (Clark) College Park, MD
2 4
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY
University of California--Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA
2 6
Duke University Durham, NC
Rice University (Brown) Houston, TX
3.7
3.7
3.6
3.6
3.6
3.6
3.5
3.5
3.4
3.4
University of Florida Gainesville, FL University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA University of Southern California (Viterbi) Los Angeles, CA
3 1
Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH
Columbia University (Fu Foundation) New York, NY Harvard University Cambridge, MA University of Washington Seattle, WA
3 5
University of California--Davis Davis, CA
University of California--Irvine (Samueli) Irvine, CA University of Colorado--Boulder Boulder, CO
3.4
3.4
3.4
3.3
3.3
3.3
3.3
3.2
3.2
3.2
3 8
Arizona State University (Fulton) Tempe, AZ
Lehigh University (Rossin) Bethlehem, PA Michigan State University East Lansing, MI North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA Yale University New Haven, CT
4 4
Iowa State University Ames, IA
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ University of Delaware Newark, DE University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN
3.1
3.1
3.1
3.1
3.1
3.1
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
4 8
Drexel University Philadelphia, PA
Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI Missouri University of Science & Technology Rolla, MO University of Arizona Tucson, AZ Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN Washington University in St. Louis (Sever) St. Louis, MO
5 4
University at Buffalo--SUNY Buffalo, NY
University of Iowa Iowa City, IA
5 6
Boston University Boston, MA
Clemson University Clemson, SC
2.9
2.9
2.9
2.9
2.9
2.9
2.8
2.8
2.7
2.7
Dartmouth College (Thayer) Hanover, NH Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour) Chicago, IL Northeastern University Boston, MA SUNY--Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY University of Connecticut Storrs, CT University of Illinois--Chicago Chicago, IL University of Massachusetts--Amherst Amherst, MA Washington State University Pullman, WA
6 6
Auburn University (Ginn) Auburn University, AL
Brigham Young University (Fulton) Provo, UT
2.7
2.7
2.7
2.7
2.7
2.7
2.7
2.7
2.6
2.6
Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO University of Kentucky Lexington, KY University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA
7 3
Kansas State University Manhattan, KS
Louisiana State University--Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA Mississippi State University (Bagley) Mississippi State, MS Tufts University Medford, MA University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH
2.6
2.6
2.6
2.6
2.6
2.5
2.5
2.5
2.5
2.5
University of Houston (Cullen)
2.5
Houston, TX University of Rochester
2.5
Rochester, NY University of Tennessee--Knoxville
2.5
Knoxville, TN University of Texas--Arlington
2.5
Arlington, TX
A+ UNIVERSITIES: University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign (5) University of Maryland – College park (17) Carnegie Mellon University (7)
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A UNIVERSITIES: Georgia Institute of Technology (4) Texas A & M College Station (13) Yale University (39) Ohio State University (29) North Carolina State University (30)
www.gatech.edu
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (24)
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www.tamu.edu www.yale.edu www.osu.edu www.ncsu.edu
A-UNIVERSITIES: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) (32)
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Engineering Specialty Rankings: Mechanical Ranked in
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
Stanford University Stanford, CA
University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA
California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
6
7
University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL
Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA Purdue University--West Lafayette
4.9
4.8
4.7
4.6
4.6
4.5
4.4
4.4
West Lafayette, IN
9
1 0
Cornell University Ithaca, NY
Princeton University Princeton, NJ University of Texas--Austin (Cockrell) Austin, TX
4.2
4.0
4.0
Engineering Specialty Rankings: Industrial/Manufacturing Ranked in
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Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA
Stanford University Stanford, CA
Northwestern University (McCormick) Evanston, IL
4.8
4.4
4.3
4.1
4.0
Pennsylvania State University--University Park
4.0
University Park, PA
7
8
9
Virginia Tech
3.9
Blacksburg, VA
Purdue University--West Lafayette
3.8
West Lafayette, IN
Cornell University
3.7
Ithaca, NY Texas A&M University--College Station (Look)
3.7
College Station, TX University of Wisconsin--Madison
3.7
Madison, WI
Georgia Institute of Technology 4
S c o r e 8 6
Atlanta, GA 2007-2008 Out-of-state tuition$ 22,188
2007 Total graduate engineeri ng enrollmen t4,303
2007 Research expenditu res per faculty member (in thousand
2007 Engine ering school resear ch expen ditures
2007 Avera ge quantit ative GRE score of new
2007 Overal l accept ance rate36. 8%
2007 Faculty memb ership in Nation al Acade
D i s t a n c e
s)$458.05
(in million s) $219.4 0
entrant s in both master 's and doctor al progra ms767
my of Engine ering4. 8%
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University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign 5
Score 83
Urbana, IL 20072008 Outofstate tuition $ 24,644
2007 Total graduate engineeri ng enrollme nt2,479
2007 Resear ch expend itures per faculty membe r (in thousa nds) $482.0 3
2007 Engine ering school resear ch expen ditures (in million s) $195.2 2
2007 Avera ge quantit ative GRE score of new entrant s in both master 's and doctor al progra ms774
2007 Overal l accept ance rate19. 2%
2007 Faculty memb ership in Nation al Acade my of Engine ering3. 9%
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7
Score 79
13
Score 69
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA
20072008 Out-ofstate tuition $ 34,000
2007 Total graduat e engine ering enrollm ent1,69 8
2007 Resear ch expendi tures per faculty membe r (in thousan ds) $744.41
2007 Engine ering school researc h expendi tures (in millions ) $161.54
2007 Averag e quantit ative GRE score of new entrant s in both master' s and doctora l progra ms765
2007 Overall accept ance rate21. 8%
2007 Faculty membe rship in Nationa l Acade my of Engine ering9. 1%
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Texas A&M University--College Station (Look) College Station, TX
20072008 Out-ofstate tuition$ 8,712
2007 Total graduate engineering enrollment2, 428
2007 Research expenditur es per faculty member (in thousands
2007 Engine ering school researc h expendi tures
2007 Averag e quantit ative GRE score of new
2007 Overall accept ance rate37. 2%
2007 Facul ty mem bers hip in Natio nal
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)$699.70
1 7
Sco re 66
2 4
(in millions ) $205.7 1
entrant s in both master' s and doctora l progra ms756
Acad emy of Engi neeri ng2. 9%
University of Maryland--College Park (Clark) College Park, MD
200 7200 8 Outofstat e tuitio n$ 16,5 78
2007 Total graduate engineering enrollment1, 862
2007 Research expenditures per faculty member (in thousands) $594.12
2007 Engine ering school researc h expendi tures (in millions ) $136.0 5
University of Minnesota--Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN
2007 Averag e quantit ative GRE score of new entrant s in both master' s and doctora l progra ms758
2007 Overall accept ance rate22. 5%
2007 Faculty membersh ip in National Academy of Engineeri ng6.4 %
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Sco re 57
2 9
Sco re 54
200 7200 8 Outofstat e tuiti on$ 16,8 38
2007 Total graduate engineeri ng enrollmen t1,790
2007 Research expenditure s per faculty member (in thousands) $398.56
2007 Engineeri ng school research expenditu res (in millions) $84.10
2007 Average quantita tive GRE score of new entrants in both master's and doctoral program s766
2007 Engineeri ng school research expenditu res (in millions) $113.44
2007 Average quantita tive GRE score of new entrants in both master's and doctoral program s762
2007 Overall accept ance rate32. 8%
2007 Faculty members hip in National Academy of Engineeri ng5.4 %
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2007 Overall accept ance rate37. 4%
2007 Faculty members hip in National Academy of Engineeri ng2.4 %
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Ohio State University Columbus, OH
200 7200 8 Outofstat e tuiti on$ 24,4 86
2007 Total graduate engineeri ng enrollmen t1,347
2007 Research expenditure s per faculty member (in thousands) $448.36
North Carolina State University
3 0
Raleigh, NC
Sc ore 53
2007 2008 Outofstate tuitio n$ 17,68 4
32
Score 52
2007 Total graduat e engine ering enrollm ent2,12 5
2007 Research expenditures per faculty member (in thousands) $341.29
2007 Engineerin g school research expenditur es (in millions) $104.43
2007 Average quantitati ve GRE score of new entrants in both master's and doctoral programs 756
2007 Overal l accept ance rate26 .6 %
2007 Faculty member ship in National Academ y of Enginee ring3.8 %
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY
200 7200 8 Outofstat e tuiti on$ 34,9 00
2007 Total graduate engineeri ng enrollme nt1,052
2007 Research expenditur es per faculty member (in thousands) $535.79
2007 Engin eering schoo l resear ch expen diture s (in million s) $85.1 9
2007 Averag e quantit ative GRE score of new entrant s in both master' s and doctor al progra
2007 Overal l accept ance rate31 .1 %
2007 Faculty member ship in National Academ y of Enginee ring3.7 %
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ms752
3 9
Sco re 46
Yale University New Haven, CT
200 7200 8 Outofstat e tuiti on$ 30,5 00
2007 Total graduate engineeri ng enrollme nt172
2007 Research expenditure s per faculty member (in thousands) $269.59
2007 Engineeri ng school research expenditu res (in millions) $20.76
2007 Average quantitat ive GRE score of new entrants in both master's and doctoral program s772
2007 Overall accept ance rate14. 8%
2007 Faculty membersh ip in National Academy of Engineeri ng10.2 %
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University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign Apply here if u have a GRE score > 1350 and Academics > 80%.. u must have some research work to get admit here... Placements in all of the above universities are Excellent. Yale University Research Oriented univ. not suitable for masters students. Requires previous research work. Recently it has reached into Top 10. University of Maryland-College Park Prefers students from reputed institutions. Proifle required 1300+ , 80% academics Good funding. Georgia Institute of Technology Excellent university. Well funded one. Needs high Undergraduate percentage and GRE score around 1400 for most of the majors.
Famous for Good placements Ohio State University Very very high fee. Very rare masters students get funded. Needs GRE>1300 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Welcomes Indian students, with a large contingent studying at all times GRE > 1300 stands a chance of getting funded CS, Mech and Aero are good areas to study Placement average Climate is a factor to be considered-one of the coldest in US - Information given by Saikrishnan. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Great univ Gives admits for very few No aid. University of Missouri-Rolla Good for ME/EE. GRE>1150 is required. Well funded one.
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sylvania State University
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gia Institute Of Technology
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