Top Public Engineering Colleges

University of California - Berkeley

• The University of California's flagship campus enrolls just under 3,000 undergraduate students in its college of engineering. The UC Berkeley undergraduate College of Engineering ranks second in the U.S. News & World Report 2010 rankings of the best engineering colleges in the U.S., only behind the private Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). For graduate students, U.S. News & World Report ranks UC Berkeley College of Engineering second with Stanford. Another well-regarded university ranking magazine, the Times Higher Education supplement, puts UC Berkeley at No. 2 in its World University Rankings for engineering and information technology. The Academic Ranking of World Universities places UC Berkeley fourth on its list of the top 100 World Universities in engineering/computer science.

  UC Berkeley College of Engineering, Dean's Office
  320 McLaughlin Hall #1700
  University of California Berkeley, CA 94720
  510-642-5771
  coe.berkeley.edu

Georgia Institute of Technology

• The Georgia Tech College of Engineering is the oldest college at the university, offers more than 10 majors and ranks fifth in the U.S. News & World Report 2010 rankings of the best engineering colleges in the U.S. The Times Higher Education supplement places the school 12th. The Academic Ranking of World Universities ranks Georgia Tech eighth in the world for engineering/computer science.

  Georgia Institute of Technology
  College of Engineering
  Administrative Building, Third Floor
  225 North Ave.
  Atlanta, GA 30332
  404-894-3350
  coe.gatech.edu

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

• The College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) is a consistently high-ranked public engineering program. UIUC ranks third on the Academic Ranking of World Universities list of the top engineering/computer science programs, the highest-ranking American public university on that list. UIUC's undergraduate engineering program is also tied for fifth by U.S. News & World Report and 25th by the Times Higher Education supplement.

  University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
  College of Engineering
  1301 W. Green St.
  Urbana, IL 61801
  217-333-2151
  engr.illinois.edu

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

• The University of Michigan's College of Engineering offers 15 undergraduate degree programs. The college's undergraduate programs are ranked seventh by US News & World Report and sixth by the Academic Ranking of World Universities. The University of Michigan College of Engineering is ranked 41st in the world by the Times Higher Education supplement.

  University of Michigan College of Engineering
  Robert H. Lurie Engineering Center
  1221 Beal Ave.
  Ann Arbor, MI 48109
  734-647-7010
  engin.umich.edu