According to 2011 rankings by "U.S. News and World Report," Massachusetts Institute of Technology (mit.edu) is ranked the number one engineering school, offering undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees in engineering. Specific departments include aeronautics and astronautics, biological, chemical, civil and environmental, electrical, computer science, material science, mechanical and nuclear science engineering. As of April 2011, the average GRE score is 780 with an annual enrollment in the engineering program consisting of 1,886 undergraduate students and 2,794 graduate students.
According to "U.S. News and World Report," the second-ranked engineering school in the U.S. is Stanford University (stanford.edu). Degrees offered include undergraduate, graduate and professional in the fields of mechanical, materials science, management science, electrical, computer science, civil and environmental, bioengineering, aeronautics and astronautics. As of April 2011, Stanford University enrolled 696 undergraduate students and 3,298 graduate students with an average GRE of 777.
University of California---Berkeley (berkeley.edu), ranked as the third-best U.S. engineering school by "U.S. News," offers degrees in bioengineering, civil and environmental, electrical, computer science, industrial, operations research, materials science, mechanical and nuclear engineering. As of April 2011, University of California---Berkeley enrolled 2,808 undergraduate students and 1,537 graduate students with an average GRE of 775.
"U.S. News and World Report" ranks Georgia Institute of Technology (gatech.edu) as the fourth-best in the U.S. Georgia Tech offers undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees in aerospace, biomedical, chemical, biomolecular, civil, environmental, electrical, computer industrial, materials science, mechanical, nuclear and radiological engineering. As of April 2011, Georgia Institute of Technology enrolled approximately 1,543 students in the bachelor's engineering program, 1,035 in the master's program and 332 in the doctoral program. The average GRE score is 766.
University of Illinois at Urbana---Champaign (Illinois.edu), ranked fifth by "U.S. News," offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in aerospace, agricultural, biological, bioengineering, chemical, environmental, computer science and electrical engineering. Additional programs include computer, industrial, materials science, mechanical science, nuclear, plasma and radiological engineering. As of April 2011, University of Illinois at Urbana---Champaign enrolled 6,769 students in undergraduate engineering programs and 2,711 graduate students with an average GRE of 772.
Rounding out the top 10 of the "U.S. News" ranking in 2011 were Carnegie Mellon, California Institute of Technology, University of Texas--Austin (Cockrell), University of Michigan--Ann Arbor and Cornell University.