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Engineering Specialty Rankings: Mechanical

Ranked in

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1 4.9
Cambridge, MA

Stanford University
2 4.8
Stanford, CA

University of California--Berkeley
3 4.7
Berkeley, CA

California Institute of Technology

4 4.6
Pasadena, CA

University of Michigan--Ann Arbor

4.6
Ann Arbor, MI

University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign
6 4.5
Urbana, IL

Georgia Institute of Technology

7 4.4
Atlanta, GA

Purdue University--West Lafayette 4.4

 West Lafayette, IN

Cornell University
9 4.2
Ithaca, NY

1 Princeton University
4.0
0 Princeton, NJ

University of Texas--Austin (Cockrell)

4.0
Austin, TX

1 Carnegie Mellon University

3.9
2 Pittsburgh, PA

Northwestern University (McCormick)

3.9
Evanston, IL

1 Pennsylvania State University--University Park

3.8
4 University Park, PA

University of California--Los Angeles (Samueli)

3.8
Los Angeles, CA

University of Minnesota--Twin Cities

3.8
Minneapolis, MN

University of Wisconsin--Madison
3.8
Madison, WI
1 Johns Hopkins University (Whiting)
3.7
8 Baltimore, MD

Virginia Tech
3.7
Blacksburg, VA

2 Ohio State University

3.6
0 Columbus, OH

Texas A&M University--College Station (Look)

3.6
College Station, TX

University of California--San Diego (Jacobs)

3.6
La Jolla, CA

University of Maryland--College Park (Clark)

3.6
College Park, MD

2 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

3.5
4 Troy, NY

University of California--Santa Barbara

3.5
Santa Barbara, CA

2 Duke University
3.4
6 Durham, NC

Rice University (Brown)

3.4
Houston, TX
 University of Florida
3.4
Gainesville, FL

University of Pennsylvania
3.4
Philadelphia, PA

University of Southern California (Viterbi)

3.4
Los Angeles, CA

3 Case Western Reserve University

3.3
1 Cleveland, OH

Columbia University (Fu Foundation)

3.3
New York, NY

Harvard University
3.3
Cambridge, MA

University of Washington
3.3
Seattle, WA

3 University of California--Davis
3.2
5 Davis, CA

University of California--Irvine (Samueli)

3.2
Irvine, CA

University of Colorado--Boulder
3.2
Boulder, CO
3 Arizona State University (Fulton)
3.1
8 Tempe, AZ

Lehigh University (Rossin)

3.1
Bethlehem, PA

Michigan State University

3.1
East Lansing, MI

North Carolina State University

3.1
Raleigh, NC

University of Virginia
3.1
Charlottesville, VA

Yale University
3.1
New Haven, CT

4 Iowa State University

3.0
4 Ames, IA

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick

3.0
Piscataway, NJ

University of Delaware
3.0
Newark, DE

University of Notre Dame

3.0
Notre Dame, IN
4 Drexel University
2.9
8 Philadelphia, PA

Michigan Technological University

2.9
Houghton, MI

Missouri University of Science & Technology

2.9
Rolla, MO

University of Arizona
2.9
Tucson, AZ

Vanderbilt University
2.9
Nashville, TN

Washington University in St. Louis (Sever)

2.9
St. Louis, MO

5 University at Buffalo--SUNY
2.8
4 Buffalo, NY

University of Iowa
2.8
Iowa City, IA

5 Boston University
2.7
6 Boston, MA

Clemson University
2.7
Clemson, SC
 Dartmouth College (Thayer)
2.7
Hanover, NH

Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour)

2.7
Chicago, IL

Northeastern University
2.7
Boston, MA

SUNY--Stony Brook
2.7
Stony Brook, NY

University of Connecticut
2.7
Storrs, CT

University of Illinois--Chicago
2.7
Chicago, IL

University of Massachusetts--Amherst
2.7
Amherst, MA

Washington State University

2.7
Pullman, WA

6 Auburn University (Ginn)

2.6
6 Auburn University, AL

Brigham Young University (Fulton)

2.6
Provo, UT
 Colorado State University
2.6
Fort Collins, CO

University of Kentucky
2.6
Lexington, KY

University of Pittsburgh
2.6
Pittsburgh, PA

University of Utah
2.6
Salt Lake City, UT

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

2.6
Worcester, MA

7 Kansas State University

2.5
3 Manhattan, KS

Louisiana State University--Baton Rouge

2.5
Baton Rouge, LA

Mississippi State University (Bagley)

2.5
Mississippi State, MS

Tufts University
2.5
Medford, MA

University of Cincinnati
2.5
Cincinnati, OH
 University of Houston (Cullen)
2.5
Houston, TX

University of Rochester
2.5
Rochester, NY

University of Tennessee--Knoxville
2.5
Knoxville, TN

University of Texas--Arlington
2.5
Arlington, TX

A+ UNIVERSITIES:
University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign (5) www.uiuc.edu
University of Maryland – College park (17) www.umd.edu
Carnegie Mellon University (7) www.cmu.edu

A UNIVERSITIES:
Georgia Institute of Technology (4) www.gatech.edu
Texas A & M College Station (13) www.tamu.edu
Yale University (39) www.yale.edu
Ohio State University (29)  www.osu.edu
North Carolina State University (30) www.ncsu.edu

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities www.umn.edu

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A-UNIVERSITIES:
 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) (32) www.rpi.edu

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Engineering Specialty Rankings: Mechanical

Ranked in

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1 4.9
Cambridge, MA

Stanford University
2 4.8
Stanford, CA

University of California--Berkeley
3 4.7
Berkeley, CA

California Institute of Technology

4 4.6
Pasadena, CA

University of Michigan--Ann Arbor

4.6
Ann Arbor, MI

University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign
6 4.5
Urbana, IL

Georgia Institute of Technology

7 4.4
Atlanta, GA

Purdue University--West Lafayette 4.4

 West Lafayette, IN

Cornell University
9 4.2
Ithaca, NY

1 Princeton University
4.0
0 Princeton, NJ

University of Texas--Austin (Cockrell)

4.0
Austin, TX

Engineering Specialty Rankings: Industrial/Manufacturing

Ranked in

Georgia Institute of Technology

1 4.8
Atlanta, GA

University of Michigan--Ann Arbor

2 4.4
Ann Arbor, MI

University of California--Berkeley
3 4.3
Berkeley, CA

Stanford University
4 4.1
Stanford, CA

Northwestern University (McCormick)

5 4.0
Evanston, IL
 Pennsylvania State University--University Park
4.0
University Park, PA

Virginia Tech
7 3.9
Blacksburg, VA

Purdue University--West Lafayette

8 3.8
West Lafayette, IN

Cornell University
9 3.7
Ithaca, NY

Texas A&M University--College Station (Look)

3.7
College Station, TX

University of Wisconsin--Madison
3.7
Madison, WI

Georgia Institute of Technology

4
Atlanta, GA

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5
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7
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Texas A&M University--College Station (Look)

13
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7 College Park, MD

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4 Minneapolis, MN

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2 Ohio State University

9 Columbus, OH

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3 North Carolina State University

0 Raleigh, NC

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

32
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3 Yale University

9 New Haven, CT

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University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign 

Apply here if u have a GRE score > 1350 and Academics > 80%.. u must have some research
work to get admit here...

Placements in all of the above universities are Excellent.

Yale University 

Research Oriented univ. not suitable for masters students. Requires previous research work.
Recently it has reached into Top 10.

University of Maryland-College Park 

Prefers students from reputed institutions.

Proifle required 1300+ , 80% academics

Good funding.

Georgia Institute of Technology 

Excellent university.

Well funded one. Needs high Undergraduate percentage and GRE score around 1400 for most of
the majors.

Famous for Good placements

Ohio State University 

Very very high fee. Very rare masters students get funded.

Needs GRE>1300
 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 

Welcomes Indian students, with a large contingent studying at all times

GRE > 1300 stands a chance of getting funded
CS, Mech and Aero are good areas to study
Placement average
Climate is a factor to be considered-one of the coldest in US - Information given by Saikrishnan.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Great univ

Gives admits for very few

No aid.

University of Missouri-Rolla

Good for ME/EE. GRE>1150 is required. Well funded one.

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