<p>@ davidthefat - I cannot speak for other disciplines, because I would rather not generalize beyond what I’ve observed or heard from people who graduated from those programs. Also, Chemical Engineering at UCB is very unique in that it is not part of the engineering school. It is part of the College of Chemistry.
It also depends whether you would rather go to grad school or want to go straight to industry and want to end up in a very hands-on manufacturing and design type job. In that case, there are a myriad of schools I haven’t even listed that would put many better-known and higher-ranked schools to shame.</p>