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2008 Undergraduate Rankings
Berkeley Engineering ranks 2nd in the nation
In its annual undergraduate rankings released in August 2007, U.S. News & World Report ranks Berkeley Engineering in a 2nd place tie with Stanford University, behind the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The 2009 undergraduate rankings will be released in August 2008.
| 2008 Top 10 Engineering Schools - Undergraduate |
| 1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2 |
University of California, Berkeley |
| 2 |
Stanford University |
| 4 |
California Institute of Technology |
| 5 |
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
| 5 |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 7 |
Cornell University |
| 7 |
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
| 9 |
Purdue University, West Lafayette |
| 9 |
Carnegie Mellon University |
| 9 |
University of Texas, Austin |
| 2008 Engineering undergraduate departments ranked |
Berkeley |
Stanford |
MIT |
| Civil Engineering |
1 |
4 |
3 |
| Electrical Engineering |
2 |
3 |
1 |
| Engineering Physics |
2 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Environmental Engineering |
2 |
1 |
5 |
| Materials Engineering |
2 |
1 |
3 |
| Mechanical Engineering |
3 |
2 |
1 |
| Computer Engineering |
4 |
2 |
1 |
| Nuclear Engineering (last ranked in 2004) |
4 |
n/a |
1 |
| Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering |
5 |
6 |
12 |
| Biomedical Engineering |
14 |
13 |
6 |
2009 Graduate Rankings
UC Berkeley's College of Engineering has placed third among the top schools nationwide, following MIT and Stanford. The 2009 U.S. News & World Report graduate rankings are based on two types of data: expert opinion about program quality and statistical indicators that measure the quality of a school's faculty, research, and students.
| 2009 Top 10 Engineering Schools - Graduate |
| 1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2 |
Stanford University |
| 3 |
University of California, Berkeley |
| 4 |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 5 |
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
| 6 |
California Institute of Technology |
| 7 |
Carnegie Mellon University |
| 8 |
University of Southern California |
| 9 |
Cornell University |
| 9 |
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
| 2009 Engineering graduate departments
ranked |
Berkeley |
Stanford |
MIT |
| Civil Engineering |
1 |
3 |
4 |
| Computer Science |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Electrical Engineering |
2 |
2 |
1 |
| Environmental Engineering |
2 |
1 |
10 |
| Computer Engineering |
2 |
2 |
1 |
| Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering |
3 |
4 |
- |
| Mechanical Engineering |
3 |
2 |
1 |
| Chemical Engineering |
1 |
5 |
1 |
| Materials Science |
3 |
6 |
1 |
| Nuclear Engineering |
5 |
- |
2 |
| Biomedical/Bioengineering |
11 |
13 |
6 |
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