College Choice Releases 2016 Ranking of the Best Bachelor's in Engineering Degree Programs

EUGENE, Ore., May 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- College Choice (http://www.collegechoice.net/), an independent college search and rankings website, has published a ranking of the top fifty bachelor's degrees in engineering in the United States (http://www.collegechoice.net/rankings/best-bachelors-degrees-in-engineering-2016/).

Harvey Mudd College, University of California Berkeley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology occupy the top five spots on the list, which is based on factors such as cost of attendance, each program's reputation in its field, and return on investment. Other schools include California Institute of Technology, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo.

Robert Hand, lead editor for the ranking, explains College Choice's ranking further. "Engineering is a broad term that can encompass various subfields as diverse as mechanical engineering, computer engineering, and civil engineering. The best undergraduate engineering programs will both introduce students to the various subfields and offer them the opportunity to specialize in a subfield in order to prepare them for their careers. Our 2016 ranking of undergraduate engineering programs is composed of schools that do just this rather than specializing in a particular subfield. It is also composed equally of undergraduate-only schools that specialize in engineering and large, public research universities that offer a major in engineering among many others."

The entire ranking, listed in alphabetical order, is as follows:

Baylor University, Waco, TX

Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, CA

Carnegie Mellon University, Philadelphia, PA

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY

Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO

Columbia University, New York, NY

Cooper Union, New York, NY

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Duke University, Durham, NC

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL

Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Needham, MA

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Kettering University, Flint, MI

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI

Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, WI

Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO

New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ

Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering, New York, NY

Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

Purdue University, Lafayette, IN

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

Rice University, Houston, TX

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN

Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA

Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

United State Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD

United States Air Force Academy, CO

United States Military Academy, West Point, NY

University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL

University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Villanova University, Villanova, PA

Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA

Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA

College Choice is leading authority in college and university rankings and resources dedicated to helping students and their families find the right college. The site publishes rankings and reviews that make finding the best colleges for different interests easier and more fun, as well as resources to help students get into, pay for, and thrive at the college of their choice.

Contact:

Christian Amondson
Managing Editor, College Choice
Web: http://collegechoice.net
Email 
Phone:(541) 255-3801

SOURCE College Choice

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