World Ranking Guide

Best Colleges Specialty Rankings:
Undergraduate engineering specialties: Aerospace / Aeronautical / Astronautical

Top 10 Ranking by US News 2009:
(At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate)

1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2 Georgia Institute of Technology
3 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor
4 Purdue Univ--West Lafayette
5 California Institute of Technology
6 U of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign
7 Stanford Univ
8 Univ of Texas--Austin
9 Univ of Maryland--College Park
10 Virginia Tech Blacksburg


League Table - Ranked in 2004:

Rank, School, Average assessment score (5.0=highest)
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4.8
2. Stanford Univ (CA) 4.7
3. California Institute of Technology 4.5
4. Georgia Institute of Technology 4.3
    U of Michigan–Ann Arbor 4.3
6. Princeton University (NJ) 3.9
    Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN) 3.9
    U of Texas–Austin 3.9
9. Cornell Uni (NY) 3.7
    U of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign 3.7
    U of Maryland–College Park 3.7
12. Penn State Uni–University Park 3.5
      U of California–Los Angeles 3.5
      U of Colorado–Boulder 3.5
15. Texas A&M University–College Station 3.4
      U of Southern California (Andrew and Erna Viterbi) 3.4
      Virginia Tech 3.4
18. U of California–San Diego (Jacobs) 3.2
      U of Minnesota–Twin Cities 3.2
      U of Washington 3.2
21. U of Notre Dame (IN) 3.1
22. Iowa State Uni 2.9
      Ohio State Uni 2.9
      U of Florida 2.9
25. Arizona State Uni 2.8
      Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) 2.8
      U of California–Davis 2.8
28. North Carolina State Uni 2.7
       U of Arizona 2.7
       U of Virginia 2.7
31. Illinois Institute of Technology 2.6
      U of California–Irvine 2.6
33. Case Western Reserve Uni (OH) 2.5
      Syracuse Uni (NY) 2.5
     U of Cincinnati 2.5
     U of Kansas 2.5

Source: US News & World Report

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