Top producers of PhDs in engineering

keefer
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:00:33 +0000

sorry I rushed that statement, what I meant was if you could separate the “top 10” PhD granting institutions in engineering(by USNEWS graduate rankings) from the rest, and do a percentage matriculation based on top 10 grad schools, instead of all PhDs granted. (sort of like the wall street journal feeder study but for engineering) I don’t know if it’s possible but I think that is more telling.

Obviously if you do this, there is more bias toward the traditional engineering powerhouses, since more undergrads continue onto grad school at their alma mater.

I think I agree with Ken that engineers aren’t judged on their degree level. For an individual interested in a career in engineering, there’s a big difference between a PhD and a MS in engineering, because there’s such a big difference in the time commitment required and most engineering jobs don’t require a higher level degree than MS. Most people don’t even think about getting a PhD.