Good enough for CC/SEAS?

PaxPax
Fri, 05 Aug 2011 03:49:31 +0000

Columbia engineering is not ranked as high as Stanford, MIT, Caltech and Cornell. But some programs at columbia engineering are obviously better than those in Stanford, MIT, Caltech and Cornell, such as the financial engineering program at Columbia SEAS which one of the top three FE programs in the world.
But for undergrads, I dont think there is much difference in in terms of education quality among columbia seas, Stanford, MIT, Caltech and Cornell. Because at undergrad engineering level kids learn the same basics but for phd programs MIT and stanford are often better than similar programs at columbia. By the way, columbia ranks 16th among the best engineering schools (according to usnews)