UCLA vs JHU

Colleges & Universities Johns Hopkins University
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<p>robot1, Hopkins’ engineering programs are just as good (if not better than UCLA’s), even discounting BME. See here for US News graduate program rankings for non-bme engineering programs that are common between the two schools:</p>

<p>[Johns</a> Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering](<a href=“Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering”>Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering)</p>

<p>Chemical Engineering: UCLA #24 vs. Hopkins #23
Civil: UCLA #20 vs. Hopkins #22
Electrical: UCLA #13 vs. Hopkins #25
Materials: UCLA #24 vs. Hopkins #24
Mechanical: #18 Mechanical vs. Hopkins #13</p>

<p>I’m not sure where your dad is getting this Hopkins engineering isn’t strong outside of biomedical engineering thought. Additionally, I work in California. Hopkins’ reputation truly rivals that of UCLA here (yes, even on the west coast since Hopkins’ third largest alumni group is based in San Francisco). But should you choose to go to the east coast or midwest, Hopkins’ reputation is more well-known than UCLA in consulting and engineering firms. The budget cuts are doing a number on UCLA. Hence the low four-year graduation rate at UCLA for a bachelor’s degree, ever increasing high faculty to student ratio, and increasing amounts of out-of-state kids paying full price. </p>

<p>Most importantly however, see employment rates for graduating students at UCLA versus Hopkins:</p>

<p><a href=“http://career.ucla.edu/Files/PDF/FirstDestinationSurvey/FDS_2010_091411.pdf[/url]”>http://career.ucla.edu/Files/PDF/FirstDestinationSurvey/FDS_2010_091411.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://www.jhu.edu/careers/Parents/PGShighlightsClassof2010%20(3).pdf[/url]”>http://www.jhu.edu/careers/Parents/PGShighlightsClassof2010%20(3).pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>UCLA has an unemployment rate of 19% for graduating seniors compared to 8% for Hopkins. This should tell you the difference in power between the degrees in this tough economy.</p>

<p>Job/internship opportunities are described in detail for Hopkins mechanical engineering here:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.me.jhu.edu/internships.html[/url]”>http://www.me.jhu.edu/internships.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;