Why is Northeastern ranked so low in engineering?

Colorado_mom
Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:54:20 +0000

Ratings are useful to a point. But once out of the tippy top schools, there are many things that can’t be captured in ratings. For example…co-op emphasis (which may cause a small ding on the research reputation category).

Co-op seems like a great thing for any type of job. But my own experience is with engineering. I had two summer internships with a major corporation (not quite as good a longer term co-op, but same idea). I’ve also worked with many engineering co-ops over the years. It really enriches an engineering education.