US News rankings - America’s Best Graduate Schools 2009
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The 2009 US News Rankings are out. The online access costs US dollars 14.95. While we do not endorse the rankings or suggest that you buy the online edition, it may not be a bad investment if you can afford it. Rankings are a good starting point to shortlist the Universities. Once you shortlist a few Universities based on your academic profile, app2us.com can help you make the final selection. Visit our forum at www.app2us.com
Here are the top 20 Engineering programs:
These are overall rankings of the Engineering schools, but the reputation carries over to individual programs. Employers visit Top Engineering Schools, not Top Mechanical or Chemical departments, so these rankings are of some significance. To explain this point, let us hypothetically assume that a certain engineering department at MIT is not ranked high enough. Still if you get into that department, you should take the offer because the MIT degree will give a tremendous boost to your career, who cares about the department ranking. If you are confused about how much importance should you accord to rankings, read our piece on Analysis of US University Rankings.
