1. Columbia SEAS Ranking: 2001-2011 Shree Nayar, Rocco Servedio, Michael Collins January 27, 2012

2. Caveats All ranking metrics must be taken with a grain of salt
Specific numbers used to compute ranking can be imprecise
Despite caveats, one can assume there is a correlation between a school’s ranking and its actual quality.

3. Ranking Metrics Used By US News and World Report
Peer Assessment
GRE Scores and Acceptance Rate
Phd Students per Faculty
Number of Faculty in National Academy of Engineering
Total Research Expenditure
Research Expenditure per Faculty
Phds Granted
And, a few more…

4. Progress Over the Past Decade: SEAS and University
Despite severe space/growth constraints, SEAS has steadily improved in ranking with strong emphasis on faculty and student quality.

5. Engineering School Ranking Gains: 2001 - 2011
MIT 1
Stanford 2
Berkeley 3
GA Tech 4
UIUC 5 6 -1
CMU 8 +2
Caltech 7
UT Austin 9 +1
U Michigan -5
Cornell 10
School
2011 Ranking
2001 Ranking
Gain
Purdue 11 9 -2
USC 12 +1
Texas A&M 13
UCLA 14 21 +7
UCSD 15
Columbia 16 31
+15
UW Madison
Princeton 18
Harvard 25
Northwestern 20 19 -1
SEAS had the most dramatic gain in ranking among the top 20 engineering schools in the country.

6. Engineering Faculty Size Versus Ranking (2011 Data)
SEAS has fewer faculty than every top 15 school (except for Caltech, which focuses all its resources on science and engineering). All other top 10 schools have over 200 faculty.

7. Engineering PhD Production Versus Ranking (2010 Data)
PhD Graduates
Columbia Engineering needs a 120% increase in PhD production
to catch up to the average of the top 15 schools.

8. Columbia Engineering vs. Cornell Engineering
Rankings:

9. SEAS Ranking vs. Faculty Size
2011
Faculty Size
2001
Ranking
SEAS ranking has improved almost linearly with faculty size, but further ranking improvement will require careful (quality) growth.

10. New (Since 2004) Engineering Buildings at Top 10 Schools
Stanford
MIT
Berkeley
U. Michigan
Cornell
GaTech
UT Austin
CMU
Caltech
UIUC