USNews.com: America's Best Colleges 2008

Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs

The following tables show the U.S. News rankings of undergraduate programs accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. The rankings are based solely on a peer survey of deans and senior faculty that asked them to rate each program they are familiar with on a scale from 1 (marginal) to 5 (distinguished).

The second table shows programs at schools that offer doctorates, which often means a wider range of offerings at the undergraduate level, too. Students who prefer a program focused on undergraduates can consult the list below of top programs at schools whose terminal degree is the bachelor's or master's.

Forty-five percent of those surveyed returned ratings of the group whose terminal degree in engineering is a bachelor's or master's; 59 percent did so for the doctorate group. We also asked for nominations of the best programs in specialty areas; those receiving the most mentions in each appear here. Schools offering any courses in a specialty are eligible to be ranked in that specialty.

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