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<p>The two rankings use different methodologies. In any case, the “specialty ranking” is just a popularity poll taken among deans of engineering colleges (many of whom are sometimes senior professors who are no longer very active in research). </p>
<p>Of course, the right way to evaluate graduate programs would be instead to consider faculty scholarly productivity. That’s why the FSP index is a much better indicator of quality at the graduate level than USN&WR.</p>