Georgia Tech and the College of Engineering Graduate School Rankings Still Among Best in Nation

Georgia Tech’s College of Engineering has placed fourth in U.S. News & World Report magazine's latest annual ranking of national universities that offer doctoral degrees, once again receiving one of the highest scores through the magazine’s methodology. "Everyone in COE should feel proud of the reputation and accomplishments of the college and the schools," said Don Giddens, Dean of Engineering. "The excellence of our students and faculty, and the quality of our programs and research, are again recognized as among the best in the nation.”

Tech’s College of Engineering also scored high in the newest rankings with seven schools finishing in the top ten programs in the country. Once again, the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) was the top ranked industrial/manufacturing program in the country. This is the  22nd year in a row that ISyE has ranked number one. Among the top 50 schools, the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Engineering has the largest student body, reporting 4,607 graduate engineering students in 2010.

The magazine's criteria for determining overall engineering rankings include peer assessment, recruiter assessment, research activity, student selectivity and doctoral student-to-faculty ratio.

Rankings for Schools of Engineering

1.  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2.  Stanford University

3.  University of California-Berkeley

4.  Georgia Institute of Technology