{"595867":{"#nid":"595867","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ECE Programs Hold Steady in U.S. News Undergraduate Rankings","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003EBest Colleges Issue, which includes undergraduate engineering program rankings, has been published and the results for ECE are very good.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EElectrical engineering maintained its fourth place position from last year and ranked second among public universities, while computer engineering remained strong at sixth place, maintaining the same position as last year, and ranked third among public universities.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Engineering rankings also held steady and tied for fourth with Caltech. All of the programs offered by the College placed among the top 6 of their respective disciplines, a unique distinction for the\u0026nbsp;overall engineering program. This year, the College had two programs ranked as number one in the nation.\u0026nbsp;Industrial and systems engineering ranked number one for the 23rd consecutive year, and biomedical engineering ranked first in its discipline for the second time in a row.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech also retained its seventh place standing among all public universities. To learn more, please read the news releases on\u0026nbsp;the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2017\/09\/12\/us-news-world-report-ranks-georgia-tech-34-us\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech website\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/engineering-tech-remains-4-program-country\u0022\u003ECollege of Engineering website\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I am proud to see our EE and CmpE programs ranked among the very best in the nation,\u0026rdquo; said Raheem Beyah, incoming interim ECE school chair and Motorola Foundation Professor. \u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;d like to thank everyone for your hard work and dedication to providing top notch educational experiences to our students. Let\u0026rsquo;s keep up the excellent work!\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003EBest Colleges Issue, which includes undergraduate engineering program rankings, has been published and the results for ECE are very good.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The U.S. News \u0026 World Report Best Colleges Issue, which includes undergraduate engineering program rankings, has been published and the results for ECE are very good."}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2017-09-13 15:53:20","changed_gmt":"2017-09-13 15:53:20","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-09-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-09-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"512011":{"id":"512011","type":"image","title":"GA Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1458923712","gmt_created":"2016-03-25 16:35:12","changed":"1475895275","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:35","alt":"GA Tech Tower","file":{"fid":"204997","name":"techtower_2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/techtower_2_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/techtower_2_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2516795,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/techtower_2_0.jpg?itok=DxRg67A2"}}},"media_ids":["512011"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coe.gatech.edu","title":"College of Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu","title":"Georgia Tech"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/best-colleges?int=978d08\u0026int=97bc08","title":"U.S. News \u0026 World Report Best Colleges Rankings"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/best-colleges\/rankings#undergraduate-engineering","title":"U.S. News \u0026 World Report Best Undergraduate Engineering Program Rankings"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"1259","name":"electrical engineering"},{"id":"5527","name":"computer engineering"},{"id":"594","name":"college of engineering"},{"id":"834","name":"Rankings"},{"id":"1875","name":"U.S. News \u0026 World Report"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJackie Nemeth\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E404-894-2906\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}