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September 30, 2010

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Electrical and Computer Engineering

The National Research Council assessed programs according to 21 different criteria. Here are the NRC’s five major ratings summarizing those criteria. For a detailed explanation, see our FAQ.

S-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they are strong in the criteria that scholars say are most important.
Research: Derived from faculty publications, citation rates, grants, and awards.
Students: Derived from students’ completion rates, financial aid, and other criteria.
Diversity: Reflects gender balance, ethnic diversity, and the proportion of international students.
R-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they have similar features to programs viewed by faculty as top-notch.

Institution, program	S-Rank High	S-Rank Low	Research High	Research Low	Students High	Students Low	Diversity High	Diversity Low	R-Rank High	R-Rank Low
Arizona State U. Electrical Engineering	11	40	15	51	21	59	51	109	14	31
Auburn U. Electrical Engineering	55	103	51	111	55	105	10	54	43	86
Bingham- tonton U. (SUNY) Electrical & Computer Engineering	100	130	93	132	104	124	36	94	73	116
Boston U. Electrical Engineering	20	59	11	47	53	104	55	107	32	58
Brown U. ENGINEERING: Electrical Science and Computer Engineering	12	36	21	60	7	46	30	95	29	55
California Institute of Technology Electrical Engineering	4	8	4	11	4	25	66	120	6	14
Carnegie Mellon U. Electrical & Computer Engineering	20	54	29	87	20	56	37	94	15	26
Case Western Reserve U. Electrical Engineering	13	45	7	25	120	130	113	132	23	57
Catholic U. of America Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	121	133	66	114	130	136	83	118	110	132
City U. of New York Graduate Center Electrical Engineering	86	120	40	92	75	109	10	47	107	131
Clarkson U. Electrical and Computer Engineering	114	131	93	131	46	101	126	134	110	131
Clemson U. Electrical Engineering	74	113	86	126	4	30	118	133	66	104
Cleveland State U. Engineering (Electrical and Computer)	134	136	134	136	130	135	54	103	125	135
Colorado State U. Electrical and Computer Engineering	25	71	21	75	31	81	36	96	49	96
Columbia U. Electrical Engineering	26	66	13	53	93	124	66	118	25	50
Cornell U. Electrical and Computer Engineering	13	43	14	50	38	84	87	121	17	32
Drexel U. Electrical and Computer Engineering	52	95	54	109	50	113	49	103	53	93
Duke U. Electrical and Computer Engineering	10	40	11	48	11	46	12	48	30	58
Florida Atlantic U. Electrical Engineering	134	136	122	135	127	133	3	11	134	136
Florida Inter- national U. Electrical Engineering	112	132	101	133	64	111	2	4	124	135
George Washing- ton U. Electrical Engineering	115	131	82	121	129	135	41	100	92	118
Georgia Institute of Technology Electrical & Computer Engineering	8	30	14	59	79	107	20	74	2	7
Harvard U. DEAS-Engineering Sciences	1	3	1	3	20	66	58	110	4	15
Howard U. Electrical Engineering	107	129	119	135	53	106	1	1	129	136
Illinois Institute of Technology Electrical Engineering	105	128	96	130	68	108	18	81	77	107
Iowa State U. Electrical Engineering	18	53	19	69	15	54	17	81	22	38
Johns Hopkins U. Electrical and Computer Engineering	22	61	13	49	39	89	18	73	20	48
Kansas State U. Electrical & Computer Engineering	80	124	76	128	29	105	25	90	92	128
Lehigh U. Electrical and Computer Engineering	70	112	58	122	41	88	5	36	59	99
Louisiana State U. at Baton Rouge Electrical Engineering	88	124	71	125	112	125	5	35	81	109
Marquette U. Electrical and Computer Engineering	52	114	28	99	55	107	63	111	77	119
Massachu- setts Institute of Technology Electrical and Computer Engineering	6	18	6	20	11	46	108	128	7	15
Michigan State U. Electrical Engineering	23	59	40	98	9	33	10	50	47	87
Michigan Technological U. Electrical Engineering	67	112	80	129	63	111	18	87	84	116
Mississippi State U. Electrical Engineering	129	134	104	133	135	136	17	67	93	120
New Jersey Institute of Technology Electrical Engineering	61	100	60	111	15	59	6	37	37	69
New Mexico State U. at Las Cruces Electrical and Computer Engineering	56	103	48	112	13	66	58	110	90	122
North Carolina State U. Electrical Engineering	58	100	47	101	104	124	47	105	38	69
North- eastern U. Electrical & Computer Engineering - Computer	53	115	52	118	18	126	6	35	69	130
North- western U. Electrical and Computer Engineering	8	29	10	43	22	69	74	121	20	38
Ohio State U. Main Campus Electrical Engineering	29	71	31	91	52	107	34	93	19	39
Ohio U. Main Campus Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	106	128	113	133	56	108	52	110	96	120
Oklahoma State U. Main Campus Electrical Engineering	105	127	88	126	20	77	27	92	101	127
Old Dominion U. Electrical and Computer Engineering	70	122	40	112	68	103	100	125	88	120
Oregon Health and Science U. Electrical Engineering	16	62	54	128	14	70	4	23	66	119
Oregon State U. Electrical and Computer Engineering	57	102	61	118	56	110	97	127	71	107
Pennsyl- vania State U. Electrical Engineering	12	40	14	50	30	73	53	110	16	29
Princeton U. Electrical Engineering	1	3	1	4	1	14	28	85	2	3
Purdue U. Main Campus Electrical & Computer Engineering	8	26	13	47	55	97	21	82	5	13
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Electric Power Engineering	28	80	27	93	58	112	9	50	40	79
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Electrical Engineering	22	62	14	55	89	121	37	102	21	39
Rice U. Electrical and Computer Engineering	22	56	25	74	26	78	104	129	40	72
Rutgers U. at New Brunswick Electrical and Computer Engineering	59	106	29	81	99	122	8	43	50	94
Southern Illinois U. at Carbondale Electrical and Computer Engineering	126	133	131	136	54	110	4	23	103	129
Southern Methodist U. Electrical Engineering	81	112	83	123	66	115	16	63	57	105
Stanford U. Electrical Engineering	1	3	1	4	57	102	76	117	1	1
State U. of New York at Stony Brook Electrical and Computer Engineering	46	91	50	105	24	65	4	27	51	94
Syracuse U. Main Campus Electrical & Computer Engineering	95	123	94	127	103	124	14	67	65	100
Texas A&M U. Electrical Engineering	36	70	34	79	107	120	8	44	15	24
Texas A&M U. Computer Engineering	55	96	42	96	43	106	15	69	49	87
Texas Tech U. Electrical Engineering	75	123	19	76	33	91	73	120	120	135
Tufts U. Electrical Engineering	78	116	88	124	3	43	98	125	107	133
U. at Buffalo (SUNY) Electrical Engineering	62	108	46	105	103	123	10	50	51	92
U. of Akron Electrical and Computer Engineering	88	128	72	124	21	88	28	95	107	132
U. of Alabama Electrical and Computer Engineering	132	136	111	135	128	135	123	135	110	131
U. of Alabama at Huntsville Electrical Engineering	78	126	49	122	38	94	104	128	123	135
U. of Arizona Electrical & Computer Engineering	64	112	41	100	116	125	40	104	30	62
U. of Arkansas Main Campus Electrical Engineering	62	107	86	129	3	26	3	20	83	118
U. of Arkansas Main Campus Microelectronics-photonics	11	41	19	63	1	13	15	60	35	81
U. of California at Berkeley Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	7	26	8	31	23	69	118	132	6	15
U. of California at Davis Electrical & Computer Engineering	53	99	41	103	68	112	103	126	58	95
U. of California at Irvine Electrical and Computer Engineering	53	93	39	94	112	125	17	69	50	88
U. of California at Los Angeles Electrical Engineering	6	19	5	19	70	105	74	117	5	13
U. of California at Riverside Electrical Engineering	10	38	10	41	8	58	2	8	30	63
U. of California at San Diego Electrical and Computer Engineering	12	42	9	36	73	112	105	129	11	19
U. of California at Santa Barbara Electrical & Computer Engineering	4	8	3	8	69	109	107	130	3	8
U. of California at Santa Cruz Electrical Engineering	14	45	12	49	3	16	12	54	31	60
U. of Central Florida Computer Engineering	113	131	111	135	4	29	75	117	104	129
U. of Central Florida Electrical Engineering	53	98	57	114	3	21	15	69	43	83
U. of Central Florida Optics	6	21	4	12	11	43	112	131	16	36
U. of Cincinnati Main Campus Electrical & Computer Engineering	61	103	58	116	41	79	24	85	41	74
U. of Colorado at Boulder Electrical Engineering	41	89	33	97	99	119	111	130	32	67
U. of Connec- ticut Electrical Engineering Ph.D.	20	55	14	59	19	64	20	79	27	50
U. of Dayton Electrical Engineering	68	115	67	125	14	56	14	62	82	116
U. of Dayton Electro-Optics	18	62	9	50	3	30	132	136	38	86
U. of Delaware Electrical and Computer Engineering	48	90	45	104	47	96	53	114	47	87
U. of Florida Electrical and Computer Engineering	35	84	34	100	54	95	32	93	23	46
U. of Hawaii- Manoa Electrical Engineering	90	125	81	127	17	57	70	119	97	125
U. of Houston main campus Electrical Engineering	37	74	41	90	48	104	12	58	53	96
U. of Idaho Electrical Engineering	103	129	90	132	76	114	135	136	106	133
U. of Illinois at Chicago Electrical & Computer Engineering	56	105	43	100	29	80	24	92	65	105
U. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Electrical and Computer Engineering	4	13	6	23	12	48	84	121	3	7
U. of Iowa Electrical and Computer Engineering	23	62	15	61	10	46	30	89	43	89
U. of Kansas Electrical Engineering	62	111	67	123	4	25	116	133	77	111
U. of Kentucky Electrical Engineering	19	58	26	83	2	22	48	114	50	95
U. of Louisville Electrical Engineering	67	119	38	109	95	122	51	115	102	128
U. of Maryland at College Park Electrical Engineering	26	73	23	80	116	126	26	87	14	26
U. of Maryland- Baltimore County Electrical Engineering	44	107	15	71	126	130	3	16	45	97
U. of Massachu- setts at Amherst Electrical and Computer Engineering	27	72	29	92	34	95	6	39	56	94
U. of Miami Electrical and Computer Engineering	60	111	49	118	41	98	4	26	59	97
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Electrical and Computer Engineering	8	27	8	29	64	101	55	108	4	11
U. of Minnesota- Twin Cities Electrical Engineering	14	47	13	57	24	57	64	116	15	30
U. of Mississippi Electrical Engineering	23	65	19	72	1	4	31	108	43	81
U. of Missouri at Columbia Electrical Engineering	92	126	85	129	63	107	51	107	100	126
U. of Missouri at Rolla Electrical Engineering	76	118	68	123	44	99	36	105	63	105
U. of Nebraska at Lincoln Electrical Engineering	54	96	97	130	4	36	16	71	82	112
U. of Nevada at Reno Electrical Engineering	86	126	77	127	3	55	97	128	108	133
U. of New Hampshire Electrical Engineering	123	133	92	130	125	132	130	135	109	132
U. of New Mexico Main Campus Electrical & Computer Engineering	54	100	40	99	26	95	27	92	46	88
U. of North Carolina at Charlotte Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering	90	126	66	124	33	95	13	64	110	131
U. of Notre Dame Electrical and Computer Engineering	33	81	25	87	21	68	56	109	36	71
U. of Oklahoma Norman Campus Electrical & Computer Engineering	51	101	55	118	16	60	63	113	83	115
U. of Pennsyl- vania Electrical and Systems Engineering	37	76	43	97	12	49	55	113	49	79
U. of Pittsburgh Main Campus Electrical Engineering	72	107	86	124	23	79	27	87	47	85
U. of Rochester Electrical Engineering	31	77	23	82	39	94	32	93	38	69
U. of South Carolina at Columbia Electrical Engineering	4	17	3	12	14	52	23	84	14	39
U. of South Florida Electrical Engineering	101	127	88	129	69	106	31	93	74	108
U. of Southern California Electrical Engineering	35	71	29	78	114	126	47	108	11	20
U. of Tennessee Electrical and Computer Engineering	53	100	57	119	60	106	12	66	51	89
U. of Texas at Austin Electrical and Computer Engineering	25	64	16	55	129	133	84	122	5	14
U. of Texas at Dallas Electrical Engineering	65	112	57	115	64	114	42	100	43	87
U. of Toledo Electrical Engineering	75	118	110	134	2	36	40	103	87	119
U. of Utah Electrical Engineering	32	70	25	77	38	97	69	119	47	92
U. of Virginia Electrical Engineering	14	50	14	58	39	92	10	52	26	49
U. of Washing- ton Electrical Engineering	30	62	35	85	15	51	90	121	27	45
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Electrical Engineering	29	70	26	85	65	104	37	97	23	42
U. of Wyoming Electrical and Computer Engineering	51	104	81	130	27	102	53	103	77	130
Utah State U. Electrical Engineering (ENG)	106	127	124	135	27	96	129	136	105	127
Vanderbilt U. Electrical Engineering	24	61	20	68	4	34	34	94	35	68
Virginia Common- wealth U. Electrical and Computer Science Engineering	45	96	31	94	90	122	44	108	72	116
Virginia Tech Electrical Engineering	29	68	48	111	51	101	60	111	19	38
Washing- ton State U. Electrical Engineering	68	111	59	112	86	120	19	78	77	107
Washing- ton U. in St. Louis Electrical and Systems Engineering	55	97	50	101	80	117	116	132	42	73
Wayne State U. Computer Engineering	105	131	63	120	123	134	39	106	66	113
Wayne State U. Electrical Engineering	92	125	60	117	115	127	36	96	73	103
Yale U. Electrical Engineering	6	24	7	25	15	73	12	68	21	46
Methodology: This interactive tool is based on rankings developed by the NRC. For a complete explanation of the methods the research council used, go to its site; registration may be required.