Returning to the question of "Why All-Women's Schools?"

<p>Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
(At schools whose highest degree is a bachelor’s or master’s)</p>

<ol>
<li> Harvey Mudd College (CA) 4.4
Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. (IN) 4.4 </li>
<li> Cooper Union (NY) 4.0
United States Military Academy (NY)* 4.0
United States Naval Academy (MD)* 4.0 </li>
<li> Cal Poly–San Luis Obispo * 3.9 </li>
<li> Bucknell University ¶ 3.7
United States Air Force Acad. (CO)* 3.7 </li>
<li> Embry Riddle Aeronautical U. (FL) 3.5
Milwaukee School of Engineering 3.5
Villanova University ¶ 3.5 </li>
<li> Kettering University (MI) 3.3
Lafayette College ¶ 3.3
San Jose State University (CA)* 3.3
Swarthmore College ¶ 3.3 </li>
<li> Calif. State Poly. Univ.–Pomona * 3.2
Embry Riddle Aeronautical U.–Prescott (AZ) 3.2
United States Coast Guard Acad. (CT)* 3.2
Univ. of Colo.–Colorado Springs * 3.2 </li>
<li> Baylor University (TX) 3.1
Bradley University (IL) 3.1
Gonzaga University (WA) 3.1
Loyola Marymount University (CA) 3.1
Rowan University (NJ)* 3.1
Union College (NY) 3.1
University of Michigan–Dearborn * 3.1
Valparaiso University (IN) 3.1
Webb Institute (NY) 3.1 </li>
<li> Santa Clara University (CA) 3.0
Seattle University 3.0
St. Louis University 3.0
Trinity University (TX) 3.0
U.S. Merchant Marine Acad. (NY)* 3.0
University of Portland (OR) 3.0
University of San Diego 3.0 </li>
<li> Boise State University (ID)* 2.9
California State U.–Los Angeles * 2.9
California State U.–Northridge * 2.9
The Citadel (SC)* 2.9
Mercer University (GA) 2.9
Northern Arizona University * 2.9
Purdue University–Calumet (IN)* 2.9
Smith College (MA) 2.9
Univ. of Massachusetts–Dartmouth * 2.9
University of Minnesota–Duluth * 2.9
Virginia Military Institute * 2.9 </li>
<li> California State U.–Long Beach * 2.8
California State U.–Sacramento * 2.8
Indiana U.-Purdue U.–Fort Wayne * 2.8
Miami University–Oxford (OH)* 2.8
Oregon Inst. of Technology * 2.8
University of Detroit Mercy 2.8
University of St. Thomas (MN) 2.8 </li>
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<p>For comparison
Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
(At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate)</p>

<ol>
<li> Massachusetts Inst. of Technology 4.8 </li>
<li> Stanford University (CA) 4.7
University of California–Berkeley * 4.7 </li>
<li> California Institute of Technology 4.5
U. of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign * 4.5 </li>
<li> Georgia Institute of Technology * 4.4
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor * 4.4 </li>
<li> Carnegie Mellon University ¶ 4.3
Purdue Univ.–West Lafayette (IN)* 4.3 </li>
<li> Cornell University (NY) 4.2 </li>
<li> Princeton University (NJ) 4.1
University of Texas–Austin * 4.1 </li>
<li> Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison * 4.0 </li>
<li> Johns Hopkins University (MD) 3.9
Northwestern University (IL) 3.9
Pennsylvania State U.–University Park * 3.9 </li>
<li> Texas A&M Univ.–College Station * 3.8
Virginia Tech * 3.8 </li>
<li> Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (NY) 3.7
Rice University (TX) 3.7
Univ. of California–Los Angeles * 3.7
Univ. of California–San Diego * 3.7
Univ. of Minnesota–Twin Cities * 3.7
University of Washington * 3.7 </li>
<li> Columbia University (NY) 3.6
Duke University (NC) 3.6
North Carolina State U.–Raleigh * 3.6
Univ. of Maryland–College Park * 3.6
Univ. of Southern California 3.6 </li>
<li> Harvard University (MA) 3.5
Ohio State University–Columbus * 3.5
University of Florida * 3.5
University of Pennsylvania 3.5 </li>
<li> Brown University (RI) 3.4
University of California–Davis * 3.4
Univ. of California–Santa Barbara * 3.4
University of Colorado–Boulder * 3.4
University of Virginia * 3.4 </li>
<li> Arizona State University * 3.3
Case Western Reserve Univ. (OH) 3.3
Iowa State University * 3.3
Washington University in St. Louis 3.3 </li>
<li> Lehigh University ¶ 3.2
Michigan State University * 3.2
University of Notre Dame (IN) 3.2
Vanderbilt University (TN) 3.2
Yale University (CT) 3.2 </li>
<li> Dartmouth College (NH) 3.1
Rutgers–New Brunswick (NJ)* 3.1
University of Arizona * 3.1
University of California–Irvine * 3.1
University of Missouri–Rolla * 3.1 </li>
<li> Colorado School of Mines * 3.0
Drexel University ¶ 3.0
Michigan Technological University * 3.0
Northeastern University (MA) 3.0
University of Iowa * 3.0
Univ. of Massachusetts–Amherst * 3.0
University of Pittsburgh * 3.0 </li>
<li> Auburn University (AL)* 2.9
Boston University 2.9
Clemson University (SC)* 2.9
Illinois Institute of Technology 2.9
Rochester Inst. of Technology (NY) 2.9
SUNY–Stony Brook * 2.9
University at Buffalo–SUNY * 2.9
University of Delaware * 2.9
University of Illinois–Chicago * 2.9
University of Utah * 2.9
Worcester Polytechnic Inst. (MA) 2.9 </li>
<li> Colorado State University * 2.8
Kansas State University * 2.8
Polytechnic University (NY) 2.8
Syracuse University (NY) 2.8
Tufts University (MA) 2.8
University of Kansas * 2.8
University of Tennessee * 2.8
Washington State University * 2.8</li>
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<p>PS Mini, this is not a link to the engineering rankings, but to an article related to a past discussion- “As far as I am aware, there are no schools in the country, of ANY size, that has more undergraduate Fulbrights than Smith (undergraduates includes alumni, but not any in graduate school who applied through graduate school.) As far as I am aware, none.” </p>

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