@Engineer80 You should probably review the factors that they use for the rankings, it’s pretty extensive and meaninful (e.g. faculty awards, selectivity, graduation rates, facilities, money spent on each student).
Some factors may be more subjective like reputation in the industry or students satisfaction with the college but even so there is reason why say MIT is always ranked at or near top of the list. It’s a world-class institution that attracts the top students from around the world, attracts top faculty, have the best facilities and a $14 billion endowment (compared to $184 million for Stevens) to keep churning out the best.
There is a reason that companies heavily recruit from these top colleges…I don’t think you can discount it…