Association of Southern Mechanical Engineers

According to US News and World Report (who for some reason has the lock on rating colleges and universities in the USA), here are the top 10 Engineering programs in the country for 2011:

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (aka MIT)
2. Stanford University
3. University of California @ Berkeley
4. Georgia Institute of Technology
5. University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign
6. Carnegie Mellon University
7. California Institute of Technology
8. University of Texas @ Austin
9. University of Michigan @ Ann Arbor
10. Cornell University

While none of these schools surprise me, I am a little shocked that Cal Tech is so far down the list.