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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is one where I guess just google USNews, name of school and engineering.

Says Pitt is ranked 45 out of 199 engineering programs.  Penn State is 31.[/quote]
While I am generally not an anti-US News rankings person, I think that their undergraduate engineering rankings are of questionable utility - the sum basis of their rankings of these programs is a poll of deans and faculty members of other programs.  They are asked to rank programs with which they are familiar on a 1-5 scale.  It is not clear to me how the opinion of deans and faculty of however many programs they believe themselves to be 'familiar' with is an adequate great measure of the field - a lesser-known program might be great in certain areas, for example, and might get missed in a poll like this.  It may be a good measure of certain aspects of the field but as a basis for deciding whether to apply to Pitt or Penn State for engineering, I suspect the USNews ranking should not be that high on the list.[/quote]

Well, it's something.  They do rank individual specialties as well, so top ME, EE, etc.  I gather looking at engineering is some amalgamation of the different specialties.

I wouldn't take anything as absolute, but rather feel good that both programs are probably in the top 25% in the country.[/quote]

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