Engineering: Georgia Tech vs Duke vs Cornell

goldenboy8784
Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:05:28 +0000

Sam Lee:

Limited recruiting from engineering firms

It’s important to keep in mind that Duke has a much smaller engineering population than Cornell and definitely GT. Furthermore, the fact that most Duke engineers major in BME compounds the size difference and you’re left with very few Civil or Electrical Engineers at Duke looking for jobs in the industry (if you remove those aiming for a PhD, going to law/med school, becoming bankers/consultants, etc.).

Cisco, Google and Microsoft all recruit heavily at Duke on the ECE end while Skanska and Clark Construction hire multiple Duke civil engineers annually for their Project Manager role. Duke is located in the Research Triangle so it’s location is actually better suited for engineering jobs than Ithaca or Atlanta.

I think the supply/demand equation for engineering jobs would work out in Duke’s favor. If you throw in consulting, Duke is by far the better option. There’s simply no way you will graduate out of Duke Engineering unemployed, whether you end up an engineer in industry or not.

I would go…
1.) Cornell/Duke
2. GT (much less prestigious)