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The Northeastern University College of Engineering (COE) is the engineering school of Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. [2] It offers Bachelor of Science (BS), Master of Science (MS) and doctoral degrees, as well as graduate certificates, in a variety of engineering fields, as well as undergraduate and graduate degrees in interdisciplinary and engineering fields.
Coe College was founded in 1851 by Rev. Williston Jones as the School for the Prophets. [4] [5] While canvassing churches in the East to raise money for students to attend Eastern seminaries, Jones met a farmer named Daniel Coe, who donated $1,500 and encouraged Jones to open a college in Cedar Rapids.
For undergraduate students, Northeastern's 2023 acceptance rate was 5.6%. Of the record-large pool of 96,327 applicants, only ~5,389 were admitted. [ 65 ] The sharp rise in applications and drop in admission is attributed to an over enrollment issue that the admission office attempted to fix. 2020 acceptance rate was 18.1%.
Ivy-Plus admissions rates vary with the income of the students' parents, with the acceptance rate of the top 0.1% income percentile being almost twice as much as other students. [232] While many "elite" colleges intend to improve socioeconomic diversity by admitting poorer students, they may have economic incentives not to do so.
The curriculum for the undergraduate programs is designed to be completed in four years. The UC Santa Barbara College of Engineering maintains a highly selective admissions process. As of 2024, the College reported an overall acceptance rate of approximately 9%. [9] Acceptance rates vary among specific programs:
Reed College. In 1995, Reed College refused to participate in U.S. News & World Report annual survey. According to Reed's Office of Admissions, "Reed College has actively questioned the methodology and usefulness of college rankings ever since the magazine's best-colleges list first appeared in 1983, despite the fact that the issue ranked Reed among the top ten national liberal arts colleges.
UW–Madison's graduate engineering program ranked 27th nationally in the 2023-2024 Best Engineering Schools ranking by U.S. News & World Report, [3] while its undergraduate program ranked 13th. [4] The school dates back to 1857 when the first department of engineering was created by the university Board of Regents.
Conference affiliations listed in this table are primary affiliations as of the current 2024–25 school year. Many schools will house some sports in other conferences if their primary leagues do not sponsor a given sport.