The World's Best Engineering Schools

University of California — Davis

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UC — Davis scored a 2.72 out of 5 on Business Insider's rating.
U.S. News & World Report Ranking (computer science): NR
U.S. News & World Report Ranking (engineering): NR
Top Employers: Intel, Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, Google, Apple

29. University of Waterloo

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University of Waterloo scored a 2.79 out of 5 on Business Insider's rating.
U.S. News & World Report Ranking (computer science): 36
U.S. News & World Report Ranking (engineering): NR
Top Employers: Research in Motion, Microsoft, IBM, Google

28. University of Chicago

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University of Chicago scored a 2.86 out of 5 on Business Insider's rating.
U.S. News & World Report Ranking (computer science): 19
U.S. News & World Report Ranking (engineering): NR
Top Employers: IBM, Microsoft, Google

27. Rochester Institute of Technology

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RIT scored a 2.90 out of 5 on Business Insider's rating.
U.S. News & World Report Ranking (computer science): NR
U.S. News & World Report Ranking (engineering): NR
Top Employers: Xerox, Microsoft, Intel, Cisco Systems

26. Texas A&M University

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Texas A&M scored a 2.90 out of 5 on Business Insider's rating.
U.S. New & World Report Ranking (computer science): NR
U.S. New & World Report Ranking (engineering): NR
Top Employers: Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Texas instruments, IBM

25. Israel Institute of Technology

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Israel Institute of Technology scored a 2.91 out of 5 on Business Insider's rating.
U.S. News & World Report Ranking (computer science): NR
U.S. News & World Report Ranking (engineering): NR
Top Employers: IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle

24. University of California — Los Angeles

UCLA scored a 2.99 out of 5 on Business Insider's rating.
U.S. News & World Report Ranking (computer science): 8
U.S. News & World Report Ranking (engineering): 8
Top Employers: Google

23. Virginia Tech

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Virginia Tech scored a 3.00 out of 5 on Business Insider's rating.
U.S. News & World Report Ranking (computer science): NR
U.S. News & World Report Ranking (engineering): NR
Top Employers: Microsoft

22. Harvey Mudd College

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Harvey Mudd scored a 3.01 out of 5 on Business Insider's rating.
U.S. New & World Report Ranking (computer science): NR
U.S. New & World Report Ranking (engineering): NR
Top Employers: Microsoft, Google, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Amazon

21. Rice University

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Rice scored a 3.01 out of 5 on Business Insider's rating.
U.S. News & World Report Ranking (computer science): NR
U.S. News & World Report Ranking (engineering): 37
Top Employers: IBM, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Google, Intel

20. California Polytechnic State University

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Cal Poly scored a 3.03 out of 5 on Business Insider's rating.
U.S. News & World Report Ranking (computer science): NR
U.S. News & World Report Ranking (engineering): NR
Top Employers: Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard, Apple, Intel, Google, Oracle, Microsoft

19. Yale University

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Yale scored a 3.06 out of 5 on Business Insider's rating.
U.S. News & World Report Ranking (computer science): 16
U.S. News & World Report Ranking (engineering): 13
Top Employers: Google, Microsoft, IBM

18. University of Pennsylvania

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University of Pennsylvania scored a 3.07 out of 5 on Business Insider's rating.
U.S. News & World Report Ranking (computer science): 24
U.S. News & World Report Ranking (engineering): 20
Top Employers: Google, IBM

17. Columbia University

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Columbia scored a 3.08 out of 5 on Business Insider's rating.
U.S. News & World Report Ranking (computer science): 17
U.S. News & World Report Ranking (engineering): 23
Top Employers: IBM, Google

16. University of Texas — Austin

UT — Austin scored a 3.12 out of 5 on Business Insider's rating.
U.S. News & World Report Ranking (computer science): 18
U.S. News & World Report Ranking (engineering): 24
Top Employers: Dell, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Intel, AMD, Apple

15. Oxford University

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Oxford scored a 3.13 out of 5 on Business Insider's rating.
U.S. News & World Report Ranking (computer science): 6
U.S. News & World Report Ranking (engineering): 6
Top Employers: Microsoft, Google, IBM

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