Engineering Colleges Like Duke

twomoose
Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:34:23 +0000

I agree that rankings are only part of the evaluation process, ucbalumnus. However, if you are trying to argue that the offerings are more numerous at the state schools you list, I think that information needs to be dissected also. For example, if you look at North Carolina State, the list above includes “textile,” which, if you look at their website, is actually under the auspices of the School of Textiles at NC State, not the Engineering School. They also list materials and mechanical separately, whereas some engineering schools consider these as one department.

You are trying to compare very different schools, and I think some of these schools are more “splitting” than “lumping” their programs, making it appear that they offer more. I’m not saying one is superior to another, but listing more types of engineering isn’t necessarily better.

I wonder what “ocean” engineering is at Virginia Tech?