Duke v. Princeton Engineering

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<p>I would favor Princeton Engineering in this situation, unless it is for Bioengineering, then it would be close - Duke’s bioengineering is among the top in the country and Princeton’s is under its Chemical and Biological Engineering department, which is ranked 6th in the country at the moment. A little more on the bionegineering at Princeton within the ChE department can be seen here:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/cbe/undergrad/Undergrad_Handbook.pdf[/url]”>http://www.princeton.edu/cbe/undergrad/Undergrad_Handbook.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>That said, both Princeton and Duke undergraduates and alumni absolutely love their schools and experiences. Duke has that great basketball team and Princeton is great in many of the sports, ranking higher than many of the sports powerhouses in the country (all, except Princeton, which give athletic scholarships) in the the Directors Cup annual competition.</p>

<p>2009-10 Final Directors Cup Standings

  1. Stanford
  2. Florida
  3. Virginia
  4. UCLA
    .
    **10. Duke
    .
  5. Princeton**
  6. Oklahoma State
  7. Iowa State
  8. Illinois
  9. BYU
  10. West Virginia
  11. Virginia Tech
  12. Michigan State
    .
  13. Charleston Southern
  14. Idaho State
  15. Lafayette</p>

<p>It is important to note that Duke has been making great strides in the area of engineering and gradually improving the department compared to many of the top engineering schools out there. Currently Duke ranks 22nd in the USNWR undergraduate engineering rankings (Princeton is #11). Look for Duke to approach the #12-#15 top engineering schools in the next 5 to 10 years.</p>

<p>In addition, everywhere you look, Duke has been making great placement in the better graduate schools and in the more sought after job opportunities. Here you will find Duke ranked #6 in the top undergraduate school feeders to the top Med, Business and Law schools (Princeton is #3):</p>

<p><a href=“WSJ in Higher Education | Trusted News & Real-World Insights”>WSJ in Higher Education | Trusted News & Real-World Insights;

<p>Again, Princeton and Duke alumni are very grateful for their wonderful experiences at their respective schools, with Duke’s alumni giving rate among the highest of the major research universities (at the same level as Harvard, Stanford and Yale, but lower than Princeton’s):</p>

<p>Alumni Giving Rate
60% - Princeton</p>

<p>38% - Duke
38% - Yale
37% - Harvard
34% - Stanford</p>