<p>Definitely. And dont get hung up on whats a better school based on just the schools national overall ranking for example, while UCSD does score lower than Duke overall, UCSDs engineering department scores higher than Dukes engineering department ([source](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/eng/brief/engrank_brief.php]source[/url]”>http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/eng/brief/engrank_brief.php)</a>), albeit at the graduate level.</p>