Cooper Union vs Columbia Engineering vs Cornell Engineering

tk21769
Sun, 27 Dec 2015 11:02:17 +0000

US News ranks these fields at the undergraduate and graduate levels, based on peer assessments (opinion polls of professional academics).
http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/engineering
All 3 are good.

The “business world” isn’t monolithic. By and large, employers won’t know or care about small ranking distinctions. Even assuming the rankings are accurate and appropriate for your interests, a single excellent professor in your major at a lower-ranked school could more than compensate for slightly better overall quality elsewhere. So unless one school has specific courses/resources you want, but the others don’t, I wouldn’t let small ranking differences override personal preferences or a lower net price.