{"446321":{"#nid":"446321","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ECE Programs Remain Strong in Latest U.S. News \u0026 World Report Rankings","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003EBest Colleges Issue, which includes undergraduate engineering program rankings, has been published and the results for the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) are fantastic.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EElectrical engineering moved up two spots to place fourth, tying its previous best ranking, which was last held in 2011.\u0026nbsp;Computer engineering remained strong at sixth place, maintaining the same position as last year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Engineering ranked fifth, and all of the programs offered by the College placed among the top seven of their respective disciplines.\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech also retained its seventh place standing among all public universities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe have incredible academic and research programs in ECE, thanks to the efforts of the finest faculty, staff, and students anywhere,\u201d said Steven W. McLaughlin, professor and the Steve W. Chaddick School Chair. \u201cI sincerely appreciate everything that everyone does to help make \u0027ECE the place to be.\u0027\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ENote: \u003C\/em\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report \u003Cem\u003Ereleased the 2016 Best Colleges rankings on Sept. 9.\u0026nbsp;At the initial publication of the Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs rankings \u2013 both of programs where a doctorate is the highest degree offered and programs where a doctorate is not offered \u2013 a database error caused schools to receive incorrect ranks. As a result, the rank of the Georgia Tech College of Engineering has been adjusted from sixth place to fifth place. This article, which was first published on September 10, 2015, has been updated to reflect that change. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/blogs\/college-rankings-blog\/2015\/09\/22\/correction-to-best-undergraduate-business-engineering-rankings\u0022\u003ERead here for more details\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s electrical engineering program ranked 4th and computer engineering held\u0026nbsp; at #6 in the 2016 \u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u003C\/em\u003E Best Colleges Issue.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s electrical engineering program placed fourth, and the computer engineering program held steady at sixth place in the 2016 U.S. News \u0026 World Report Best Colleges Issue, which also includes undergraduate engineering program rankings."}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2015-09-10 10:05:47","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:29","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-09-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-09-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"161361":{"id":"161361","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower in the Fall","body":null,"created":"1449178896","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:41:36","changed":"1475894796","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:36","alt":"Tech Tower in the Fall","file":{"fid":"195425","name":"falltower.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/falltower_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/falltower_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":752640,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/falltower_0.jpg?itok=izUpS3UR"}}},"media_ids":["161361"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/undergraduate-engineering-programs-rank-high-latest-us-news-world-report-best-college-rankings","title":"College of Engineering 2016 U.S. News rankings story"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2015\/09\/09\/georgia-tech-remains-strong-us-news-world-report-rankings","title":"Georgia Tech 2016 U.S. News rankings story"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/","title":"U.S. News \u0026 World Report"}],"groups":[{"id":"430601","name":"Institute for Information Security and Privacy"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"1875","name":"U.S. News \u0026 World Report"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJackie Nemeth\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-2906\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}