Best Mechanical Engineering schools

College Majors Engineering Majors
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<p>I know according to US NEWS the top 5 are
1.MIT
2.Berkley
3.Stanford
4.Michigan
5.UIUC</p>

<p>but what are the rest?</p>

<p>also, how do schools that dont offer PHD’s compare to these schools?
Schools like Copper Union and Villanova?</p>

<p>please answer!</p>

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<p>Undergraduate engineering specialties:
Mechanical
(At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate)

  1. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology</p>

<ol>
<li><p>University of California–Berkeley *</p></li>
<li><p>Stanford University (CA)</p></li>
<li><p>University of Michigan–Ann Arbor *</p></li>
<li><p>U. of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign *</p></li>
<li><p>Georgia Institute of Technology </p></li>
<li><p>Purdue Univ.–West Lafayette (IN)</p></li>
<li><p>Cornell University (NY)</p></li>
<li><p>California Institute of Technology</p></li>
<li><p>University of Texas–Austin *</p></li>
<li><p>Pennsylvania State U.–University Park *</p></li>
<li><p>Carnegie Mellon University ¶</p></li>
<li><p>Princeton University (NJ)</p></li>
<li><p>Univ. of Minnesota–Twin Cities *</p></li>
<li><p>Virginia Tech *</p></li>
<li><p>Texas A&M Univ.–College Station *</p></li>
<li><p>Northwestern University (IL)</p></li>
<li><p>Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison *</p></li>
<li><p>Univ. of California–San Diego *</p></li>
</ol>

<p>Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (NY)</p>

<ol>
<li><p>Ohio State University–Columbus *</p></li>
<li><p>Univ. of California–Los Angeles *</p></li>
</ol>

<p>Johns Hopkins University (MD)</p>

<ol>
<li>Univ. of Southern California</li>
</ol>

<p>Duke University (NC)</p>

<ul>
<li>denotes a public school.</li>
</ul>

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<p>Undergraduate engineering specialties:
Mechanical
(At schools whose highest degree is a bachelor’s or master’s)</p>

<ol>
<li>Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. (IN)</li>
<li>Harvey Mudd College (CA)</li>
<li>Kettering University (MI)</li>
<li>United States Military Academy (NY)</li>
<li>Cooper Union (NY)</li>
<li>Cal Poly–San Luis Obispo </li>
<li>Milwaukee School of Engineering
Bucknell University ¶</li>
<li>United States Naval Academy (MD)</li>
<li>Rowan University (NJ)
Lafayette College ¶</li>
<li>Calif. State Poly. Univ.–Pomona *
Bradley University (IL)
San Jose State University (CA)*
United States Coast Guard Acad. (CT)*</li>
<li>Baylor University (TX)
Gonzaga University (WA)</li>
<li>denotes a public school.</li>
</ol>

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<p>Gator, is that as far as that one goes?</p>

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<p>hey Gator, how is UF’s mech eng program, I am looking to get my MS there</p>

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<p>Optisrule: I believe that’s as far as the specialty rankings will go. However, here are the overall undergraduate rankings:</p>

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<p>erkim: It’s not elite or anything, but still good (I believe ranked 31 for grad). Is there anything specific you’d like to know?</p>

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<p>Hey… I’ve been wondering about this for a long time, but why do rankings make the distinction between schools with PhD’s and which don’t? How does having a graduate program affect the undergraduate? Also, how do the two sets of rankings compare to eachother?</p>

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<p>Schools with PhD programs tend to focus more of their resources on the PhDs, rather than undergraduates. Schools without PhDs supposedly provides a tighter community among undergraduates. That is, you tend to have more opportunities to get to know professors (and hence do special projects) in schools WITHOUT PhDs. It’s a similar idea at smaller schools.</p>

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<p>Gator, I’m looking to do research in fluids. does UF provide ample opportunity for masters student research?
thanks for your help</p>

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<p>Yea, most masters students do research since most are doing a thesis option. I would contact professors before you come to the program with your intended interests. </p>

<p>Here’s a few fluids lab websites:
<a href=“http://hawk.mae.ufl.edu/bfc/index.html[/url]”>http://hawk.mae.ufl.edu/bfc/index.html&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://aemes.mae.ufl.edu/~cfdweb/cgi-bin/main.cgi[/url]”>http://aemes.mae.ufl.edu/~cfdweb/cgi-bin/main.cgi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I go to Poly (for undergrad) and I can see why it’s highly ranked. It’s got a pretty sweet program.</p>