Rankings of Top Engineering Colleges

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• In 2010, U.S. News & World Report ranked the Massachusetts Institute of Technology the best engineering school in the United States. Throughout its history, which extends back to 1861, the school has produced 25 Nobel Prize winners, 44 Rhodes Scholars and 55 Marshall Scholars. The school employs more than 1,000 faculty members. As of 2009-2010, the school was home to 6,152 graduate students and 4,232 undergraduates.

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  77 Massachusetts Ave.
  Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
  617-253-1000
  mit.edu

Stanford University

• According to U.S. News & World Report's 2010 rankings, Stanford University has the second-best engineering school in the country. Stanford's engineering department offers majors in aeronautics and astronautics, bioengineering, chemical engineering, civil and environmental engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, management science and engineering, materials science and engineering and mechanical engineering. The faculty includes a Nobel Prize winner, two Kyoto Prize winners, a member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences, 79 members of the National Academy of Engineering and 15 members of the National Academy of Sciences.

  Stanford University
  Terman Engineering Center
  380 Panama Mall
  Stanford, CA 94305
  650-725-1575
  engineering.stanford.edu

University of California at Berkeley

• Berkeley's college of engineering offers programs in bioengineering; civil and environmental engineering; electrical engineering and computer sciences; industrial engineering and operations research; materials science and engineering; mechanical engineering; and nuclear engineering. The college was ranked third in the U.S. News & World Report's list of the best engineering schools in America.

  University of California at Berkeley
  College of Engineering, Dean's Office
  320 McLaughlin Hall, No. 1700
  University of California
  Berkeley, CA 94720-1700
  510-642-5771
  coe.berkeley.edu

Georgia Institute of Technology

• Ranked fourth in the 2010 list of the best engineering schools in America by U.S. News & World Report, the Georgia Institute of Technology's college of engineering offers degree programs in aerospace engineering, biomedical engineering, chemical and biomolecular engineering and materials science and engineering, among others.

  Georgia Institute of Technology
  College of Engineering
  Administrative Building, Third Floor
  225 North Ave.
  Atlanta, GA 30332-0360
  404-894-3350
  coe.gatech.edu