<p>I this sort of comparison of departmental rankings at the undergraduate level is meaningless because Duke doesn’t even offer half of those engineering majors. Duke offers 4 concentrations in Engineering: Civil, Mechanical, Biomedical and Electrical and Computer Engineering.</p>
<p>If you want to do BME, then its Duke hands down as it has the 2nd BME program in the country after JHU.
If you want to do Chemical Engineering, then go to Princeton because Duke doesn’t even offer that major.
If you want to do ECE or Mechanical, Princeton is slightly better but you probably should decide on other characteristics.</p>
<p>Engineering aside, here are some individual pros of going to Duke or Princeton. Both are very undergraduate focused schools with beautiful campuses and tremendous amounts of school spirit and alumni loyalty.</p>
<p>PRINCETON
1.) slightly higher prestige overall
2.) faculty is more renowned
3.) close access to NYC and Philly
4.) students are slightly more talented (means stiffer competition though)</p>
<p>DUKE
1.) grade inflation (relative to Princeton)
2.) world-class athletics programs and Duke Basketball
3.) better weather and close to lots of outdoor attractions like hiking trails, beaches, mountains, etc.
4.) DukeEngage
<a href=“http://dukeengage.duke.edu/;[/url]”>http://dukeengage.duke.edu/;</a> a specialized civic engagement which allows you to perform specially designed service projects domestically or abroad at the complete expense of the administration</p>
<p>I think both schools will offer you a ton of research opportunities so I hope you get a chance to visit both. Good luck with your decision!!</p>
<p>Also don’t mind rjkofnovi, he’s still bitter about his rejection from Duke.;)</p>