<p>Well, I have nothing against Yale’s engineering program, but please don’t use one study that looked at one measure of excellence to conclude that Yale has the #1 engineering program in the country. I don’t think that would be the view of almost anyone in the engineering/research community.</p>
<p>However, I am sure that, within the areas it has chosen to focus on, it has an excellent program, and you couldn’t go wrong there. And the small size and liberal arts environment may be just the thing for you.</p>
<p>But I think the overall #1 claim is highly questionable. Anyway, it is debated on the thread PosterX mentioned, so you can see the rebuttal there.</p>