Located in Cambridge, Mass., MIT is ranked by "U.S. News and World Report" as having the best undergraduate engineering program. MIT is a private institution with an urban campus. It has a focus on science and technology as its primary research areas.
Stanford is another private university that is located in the Bay Area in California. As well as its undergraduate engineering program, its graduate School of Engineering is also highly respected.
UC Berkeley is part of the highly respected University of California system, and is one of the UC's most well-known and well-respected campuses. It is a public institution, and is also well known for its highly active and politically inclined student body.
Also known as Cal Tech, the California Institute of Technology is a private institution. It is located in Pasadena, California, and has a focus on science and engineering, and also has strong programs in biology, chemistry, computer and earth sciences, physics, and math.
The Georgia Institute of Technology tied with Cal Tech for fourth place in the "U.S. News and World Report" rankings. Georgia Tech is a public institution. It is known as a highly advanced research intensive university, that is also known for its graduate programs in engineering and management.
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign placed sixth. It is located in the twin cities of Urbana and Champaign, and is a public university. It is also known for its graduate programs in business, education, and law.
Located in Ann Arbor, Michiga, U of M a public university. It is also known for its graduate programs in education, engineering, law, public policy, public health, nursing, and business school.
Located in Pittsburgh, Penn., Carnegie-Mellon is a private university and is known for its business school, its institute of technology, and computer science graduate program.
Cornell University tied for ninth place. It is a private university located in Ithaca, NY, and is also known for its graduate programs in management, engineering, law and medicine. It is also the only Ivy League institution on the list of undergraduate engineering programs.
Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana, and is a public institution. It tied with Cornell University for ninth place. Its graduate programs in engineering, management, education, pharmacy studies, nursing, health sciences, aeronautics and astronautics are also highly respected.