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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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