{"199361":{"#nid":"199361","#data":{"type":"news","title":"U.S. News \u0026 World Report Releases 2014 Rankings, Georgia Tech Engineering Remains Strong","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u003C\/em\u003E released their 2014 rankings, including the lists for best engineering graduate schools.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe graduate engineering program at Georgia Tech is currently tied with Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Illinois \u2013 Urbana-Champaign for fifth.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWithin the individual engineering specialties, chemical engineering at Georgia Tech, ranked No. 10, remains in the top 10 graduate programs nationwide. The rest of the top 10 are as follows:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;2. California Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;3. University of California \u2013 Berkeley\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;4. Tie: University of Minnesota \u2013 Twin Cities and Stanford University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;6. Tie: University of Wisconsin \u2013 Madison, University of Texas \u2013 Austin, Princeton University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;9. University of California \u2013 Santa Barbara\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll 11 of Georgia Tech\u2019s engineering programs ranked within the top 10 of their specialties\u2014demonstrating the overall strength of Georgia Tech\u2019s College of Engineering. The list includes industrial engineering (No. 1), biomedical and bioengineering (No. 2), civil (No. 4), aerospace (No. 5), electrical (No. 5), environmental (No. 5) computer (No. 5), mechanical (No. 5), materials (No. 9), chemical (No. 10) and nuclear (No. 10).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s undergraduate engineering program is currently tied for fifth with the University of Illinois \u2013 Urbana-Champaign.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ETo determine rankings for graduate engineering programs, data from nearly 200 engineering programs is collected and calculated. The overall ranks are based on a peer assessment score, recruiter assessment score, mean GRE quantitative scores, acceptance rate, student-faculty ratio, percent of faculty in the National Academy of Engineering, doctoral degrees awarded, total research expenditures, and average research expenditures per faculty member. Individual specialty rankings are based solely on peer assessments from department heads in each area.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27741","created_gmt":"2013-03-14 10:14:54","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:51","author":"Katie Brown","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-03-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-03-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/","title":"U.S. News \u0026 World Report"}],"groups":[{"id":"1240","name":"School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKatie Brown\u003Cbr \/\u003ESchool of Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E(404) 385-2299\u003Cbr \/\u003Enews@chbe.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["news@chbe.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}