Top Rated Engineering Colleges

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

• "U.S. News and World Report" ranked the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) number one overall for undergraduate and graduate engineering students in 2009. The program offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees in 15 divisions, including aeronautics, biological engineering, civil engineering, nuclear engineering, electrical engineering and computer science. MIT sponsors a number of specialized research initiatives for engineering students such as the Women's Technology Program and the Science of Baseball Program.

  MIT School of Engineering
  Room 1-206
  77 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA 02139
  617-253-3291
  engineering.mit.edu

Stanford University

• Stanford University's School of Engineering offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees in 14 areas of concentration, including chemical engineering, astronautics, engineering physics, materials science engineering and energy resources engineering. The program sponsors more than 65 laboratories, clinics and affiliate programs that offer engineering students the opportunity to pursue a multidisciplinary course of study.

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

University of California-Berkeley

• The University of California-Berkeley College of Engineering offers undergraduate degrees in computational engineering science, engineering mathematics and statistics, engineering physics and environmental engineering science. Graduate and doctoral students may pursue degrees in one of eight fields, including chemical engineering, bioengineering and industrial engineering. The college sponsors numerous research labs including affiliate programs with the Joint BioEnergy Institute and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

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

University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign

• The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign offers degree programs at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels in 12 concentrations, including nuclear, plasma and radiological engineering, agricultural and biological engineering, and industrial and enterprise systems engineering. Students have the opportunity to work in more than 50 research centers and laboratories as well as affiliate programs in environmental and industrial research.

  College of Engineering
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  1308 West Green Street
  Urbana, IL 61801
  217-333-2151
  engineering.illinois.edu

Carnegie Mellon University

• The College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University offers undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and accelerated BS/MS degree programs in nine departments, including engineering and public policy, information networking, biomedical engineering and mechanical engineering. The college conducts its research using a global approach, and students may participate in a wide range of research initiatives through exchange programs in Greece, Japan and Portugal.

  College of Engineering
  Carnegie Mellon University
  5000 Forbes Avenue
  Pittsburgh, PA 15213
  412-268-2334
  cit.cmu.edu