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Comparing NC State to Peer Institutions

US News Ranking of Engineering Programs

Institution
U.S. News ranking
Accept-
ance rate
Avg GRE quantitative score
#  FT Faculty in NAE
PhDs Granted
% male/
female
% minority
% Iinter-
national
Georgia Tech
4
34.9%
763
5.0%
315
70.4 / 20.6
13.0%
53.9%
Univ of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign
5
27.3%
772
3.5%
240
82.1 / 17.9
17.5%
46.7%
Cornell Univ
10
24.3%
785
9.9%
122
76.1 / 23.9
14.6%
48.4%
Purdue Univ-Main Campus
12
30.4%
757
3.6%
209
80.2 / 19.8
7.3%
61.8%
Texas A & M Univ
14
37.9%
751
3.7%
153
81.4 / 18.6
8.3%
70.1%
Univ of Wisconsin-Madison
14
22.8%
776
4.1%
114
80.9 / 19.1
7.1%
48.6%
Univ of Maryland
16
24.5%
758
6.1%
165
77.8 / 22.2
9.8%
63.0%
Penn State Univ-Main Campus
21
34.8%
755
2.8%
191
78.2 / 21.8
3.6%
62.9%
Univ of Minnesota
23
36.3%
771
5.7%
143
81.8 / 18.2
4.1%
57.6%
Ohio State Univ
26
27.8%
758
2.4%
136
78.9 / 21.1
4.2%
63.8%
Univ of Florida
26
43.3%
2.4
2.4%
191
79.6 / 20.4
11.8%
51.8%
Virgina Tech
33
27.8%
768
2.3%
147
79 / 21
9.5%
46.4%
NC State Univ
34
23.2%
756
3.6%
119
78.7 / 21.3
3.5%
55.8%
Univ of California - Davis
34
34.3%
749
4.9%
80
73.2 / 26.8
19.5%
37.5%
Iowa State Univ
45
22.4%
766
0.5%
78
80.7 / 19.3
6.0%
52.4%
Michigan State Univ
55
13.9%
753
0.0%
62
81 / 19
9.8%
59.1%
Univ of Georgia
-
55.9%
733
0.1%
2
71.9 / 28.1
0.0%
84.4%

Source: US News Best Graduate Schools 2008 Edition

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