Source: US News 2007


2008! USNEWS Electrical Engineering Ranking
Engineering Specialties: Electrical/Electronic/Communications
New! Ranked in 2007*

Rank/School Average assessment
score (5.0=highest)
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 5.0
2. Stanford University (CA) 4.9
   University of California–Berkeley 4.9

4. University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign 4.8
5. California Institute of Technology 4.6
6. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 4.5
7. Georgia Institute of Technology 4.4
8. Cornell University (NY) 4.3
9. Carnegie Mellon University (PA) 4.2
10. Princeton University (NJ) 4.1
    Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN) 4.1
    University of Texas–Austin 4.1

13. University of California–Los Angeles (Samueli) 4.0
    University of Southern California (Viterbi) 4.0

15. University of Wisconsin–Madison 3.9
16. University of Maryland–College Park (Clark) 3.8
17. University of California–San Diego (Jacobs) 3.7
18. Rice University (Brown) (TX) 3.6
    University of California–Santa Barbara 3.6
    University of Washington 3.6

21. Pennsylvania State University–University Park 3.5
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) 3.5
    Texas A&M University–College Station (Look) 3.5
    University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 3.5
    Virginia Tech 3.5

26. Arizona State University (Fulton) 3.4
    Columbia University (Fu Foundation) (NY) 3.4
    Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) (MD) 3.4
    North Carolina State University 3.4
    Ohio State University 3.4

31. Harvard University (MA) 3.3
    Northwestern University (McCormick) (IL) 3.3
    University of Florida 3.3
    University of Pennsylvania 3.3

35. Brown University (RI) 3.2
    Duke University (NC) 3.2
    University of Arizona 3.2
    University of Virginia 3.2
    Yale University (CT) 3.2

40. University of California–Davis 3.1
    University of Colorado–Boulder 3.1
    Washington University in St. Louis (Sever) 3.1

43. Boston University 3.0
    Iowa State University 3.0
    Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–New Brunswick 3.0
    University of California–Irvine (Samueli) 3.0
    University of Massachusetts–Amherst 3.0
    University of Notre Dame (IN) 3.0

49. Auburn University (Ginn) (AL) 2.9
    Case Western Reserve University (OH) 2.9
    Dartmouth College (Thayer) (NH) 2.9
    Northeastern University (MA) 2.9
    Vanderbilt University (TN) 2.9

54. Michigan State University 2.8
    Oregon State University 2.8
    University of Rochester (NY) 2.8

57. Clemson University (SC) 2.7
    Colorado State University 2.7
    Drexel University (PA) 2.7
    Lehigh University (Rossin) (PA) 2.7
    Polytechnic University (NY) 2.7
    SUNY–Stony Brook 2.7
    University of Illinois–Chicago 2.7
    University of Missouri–Rolla 2.7
    University of New Mexico 2.7
    University of Pittsburgh 2.7
    Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MA) 2.7

68. University at Buffalo–SUNY 2.6
    University of Central Florida 2.6
    University of Delaware 2.6
    University of Iowa 2.6
    Washington State University 2.6

73. Stevens Institute of Technology (Schaefer) (NJ) 2.5
    Texas Tech University 2.5
    University of Connecticut 2.5
    University of Kansas 2.5
    University of Missouri–Columbia 2.5
    University of Tennessee–Knoxville 2.5
    University of Texas–Dallas (Jonsson) 2.5
    University of Utah 2.5



or undergraduate the rankings continue to be as follows

Undergraduate engineering specialties:
Electrical / Electronic / Communications
(At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate)
Methodology

1. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology
2. Stanford University (CA)
3. University of California–Berkeley *
4. U. of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign *
5. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor *
6. Georgia Institute of Technology *
7. California Institute of Technology
8. Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
9. Purdue Univ.–West Lafayette (IN)*
10. Cornell University (NY)
11. University of Texas–Austin *
12. Princeton University (NJ)
13. Univ. of California–Los Angeles *
14. Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison *
15. Northwestern University (IL)
Rice University (TX)
17. Univ. of California–San Diego *
Johns Hopkins University (MD)
Univ. of Southern California
20. Virginia Tech *
21. Pennsylvania State U.–University Park *
University of Virginia *
23. Duke University (NC)
Case Western Reserve Univ. (OH)
Texas A&M Univ.–College Station *
26. Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (NY)
University of Washington *
Univ. of Minnesota–Twin Cities *
* denotes a public school.

Undergraduate engineering specialties:
Electrical / Electronic / Communications
(At schools whose highest degree is a bachelor's or master's)
Methodology

1. Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. (IN)
2. Cooper Union (NY)
3. Harvey Mudd College (CA)
4. Cal Poly–San Luis Obispo *
5. United States Military Academy (NY)*
6. United States Naval Academy (MD)*
7. Bucknell University (PA)
   Milwaukee School of Engineering
   United States Air Force Acad. (CO)*
   Kettering University (MI)
11. Calif. State Poly. Univ.–Pomona *
    San Jose State University (CA)*
13. Valparaiso University (IN)
    Villanova University (PA)
    Santa Clara University (CA)
* denotes a public school.