<p>This is a relatively new program that combines both aesthetics and technology. If you do well in it, you’ll have no difficulty in finding an enjoyable and rewarding job. Many of the top students in ID end up participating in start-up companies (often as interns) and in start-up competitions. If I were you, I would get involved with the TEC program at UIUC.
Also, I don’t know about how it falls into the rankings, but it’s a good program and individual rankings are often irrelevant.</p>