<p>Who has the best program for EE if I want to get a great education, be in high demand from employers and make a lot of money? A simple ranking would be great, who is #1 (best), who would be #4 (last). Adding a comment or two would be even better.</p>
<p>Here’s the list in no special order. Cut and paste. Thanks.</p>
<p>Berkeley</p>
<p>Stanford</p>
<p>CalTech</p>
<p>MIT</p>
<ol>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>MIT</li>
<li>Berkeley</li>
<li>Cal Tech</li>
</ol>
<p>joemama,</p>
<p>It’s hard to say especially when they all have similar prestige (except Berkeley). </p>
<p>To split hair, I would say:
<p>you better get into one of those schools…otherwise your life is over…I mean unless you graduate from those school…prepare to move to new york and live under a bridge. good luck.</p>
<ol>
<li>MIT</li>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>Berkeley</li>
<li>Caltech</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>MIT</li>
<li>Stanford/Caltech</li>
<li>Berkeley</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>MIT</li>
<li>Caltech</li>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>Berkeley</li>
</ol>
<p>I think Caltech is really underrated. They go much more in depth than MIT.</p>
<p>MIT!</p>
<p>No, I’m just saying that cuz I’m going there. Sorry.</p>
<p>To be completely and truly honest, I reeeally don’t think it matters. Like at all. With the schools you’re talking about, they’re all of a super-impressive caliber, so you’d be more than fine with any of them. I suggest figuring out which one you’d actually enjoying living at for four years.</p>
<p>Here Here!</p>
<p>I’d have to say:</p>
<ol>
<li>MIT</li>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>Cal Tech</li>
<li>UC Berkeley</li>
</ol>
<p>Make sure you apply to all of them if you haven’t already because they are all very hard to get into.</p>
<p>are all the rankings above for EE only or engineering in general?</p>
<p>for both :)</p>
<p>are these rankings undergrad/grad/both?</p>
<p>I think it’s more for undergrad. IMO for grad:
<p>Grad rankings are welcome. Just list separately so there’s no confusion.
Thanks.</p>
<p>My dad did an informal research project. He talked with either Human Resources people or Engineering Managers at 4 different companies, all in California, all very large and very successful, all famous for technology leadership. These companies actively run recruiting programs at CalTech, Stanford, MIT and Berkeley and compete to attract their graduates. </p>
<p>It’s a very small sample and there was no standardized question list so the results here can only be described as ancedotal. The observations put forth here come from what he described as 5 to 10 minute informal phone conversations with people who were involved in interviewing and hiring engineers into their companies or departments. Two companies were very EE oriented, 2 were heavily EE and ME. No software companies. Nobody from IT departments. No chemical companies.</p>
<p>The opening question he asked was: “Looks like my son might be accepted at CalTech, Stanford, MIT and Berkeley for undergraduate Electrical Engineering. If he was your son, which would you prefer?”</p>
<p>First response from everyone, without exception, was “those are all great choices. All are great schools.”</p>
<p>My Dad noted there was some hesitancy to choose between the schools because “you couldn’t go wrong with any of them”, but when pressed to rank them, MIT and Stanford were the top choices and considered about equal, although my Dad said MIT was always mentioned first (a fine point, but maybe meaningful). </p>
<p>Now some comments which just came out during the conversations.</p>
<p>“The top kids from all the schools are absolutely brilliant. Everybody wants them, there’s not enough to go around, companies can’t hire enough of them.”</p>
<p>“Berkeley is a huge school, with a large Engineering program. The top kids are excellent, but there is less consistency in the total pool of graduates.”</p>
<p>One of the companies said their CalTech hires were “absolute geniuses.” Another company said they “don’t see CalTech grads that often”, and speculated it was because there are fewer CalTech graduates.</p>
<p>A couple of very common stereotypes were expressed (maybe they’re true since these people should know):</p>
<p>Stanford engineering grads tend to be better rounded and more socially adept than those from the other schools.</p>
<p>Berkeley, even though it has a great UG program, is a better choice for grad school.</p>
<p>In the end, there doesn’t appear to be anything new here. Certainly nothing that couldn’t be found or deduced from reading US News.</p>
<p>I think the most meaningful statement is “you can’t go wrong with any of them.” So, if you’re accepted at CalTech, Stanford, MIT or Berkeley, REJOICE. If you’re accepted at them all, you will have to make a hard choice among nothing but great options.</p>
<p>Joemama, great effort! Although splitting hair, now you can see the reason behind my ranking list right? :).</p>
<p>Agree. I think it comes down to personality–the student’s and the school’s. I know which program is the best match for me, and recognize that it will be different for others.</p>
<p>youd be lucky to get into any of them</p>