{"625903":{"#nid":"625903","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech ECE Achieves Highest Placements Ever in U.S. News \u0026 World Report Undergraduate Program Rankings","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering has reached its highest placements ever in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003EBest Colleges Issue, which includes undergraduate engineering program rankings.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EElectrical engineering maintained its fourth place position in the rankings for a fourth consecutive year. Computer engineering moved up a position to fourth place, its highest placement ever, and is tied with Stanford University.\u0026nbsp;In looking at rankings among public universities alone, Tech\u0026rsquo;s electrical engineering and\u0026nbsp;computer engineering programs both placed second among their respective disciplines.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Engineering tied for\u0026nbsp;fourth with Caltech, and all of the programs offered by the College placed among the top 4 of their respective disciplines. Among public universities, Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s engineering program ranks\u0026nbsp;second behind the University of California, Berkeley.\u0026nbsp;To learn more, please read the news releases on\u0026nbsp;the College of Engineering website at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2019\/09\/undergraduate-engineering-program-ranked-4th-usnews\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2019\/09\/undergraduate-engineering-program-ranked-4th-usnews\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and on the Georgia Tech website at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2019\/09\/09\/georgia-tech-climbs-top-5-among-public-universities-us-news-rankings-engineering-programs\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2019\/09\/09\/georgia-tech-climbs-top-5-among-public-universities-us-news-rankings-engineering-programs\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;These rankings show that we are doing an amazing job in both education and research, and that our hard work and dedication to excellence are being noticed and appreciated by our peers,\u0026rdquo; said Magnus Egerstedt, the Steve W. Chaddick School Chair for ECE. \u0026ldquo;All of these factors make ECE an excellent option for prospective undergraduate students who are looking for a challenging and rewarding educational experience.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I\u0026nbsp;am truly grateful for the dedicated efforts of our faculty, staff, and students that have helped us to achieve the highest rankings that we have ever had for our undergraduate programs\u0026hellip;and we\u0026rsquo;re certainly not going to stop here!\u0026rdquo; Egerstedt continued. \u0026ldquo;Thank you again, everyone!\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report Rankings\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe U.S. News rankings of the undergraduate engineering programs accredited by ABET are based solely on the judgments of deans and senior faculty at peer institutions. For more information, visit\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/best-colleges\/articles\/undergraduate-engineering-programs-methodology\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/best-colleges\/articles\/undergraduate-engineering-programs-methodology\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering has reached its highest placements ever in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003EBest Colleges Issue, which includes undergraduate engineering program rankings.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering has reached its highest placements ever in the\u00a0U.S. News \u0026 World Report\u00a0Best Colleges Issue, which includes undergraduate engineering program rankings.\u00a0"}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2019-09-10 12:45:53","changed_gmt":"2019-09-10 13:05:13","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-09-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-09-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"625808":{"id":"625808","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech U.S. News Rankings (students)","body":null,"created":"1568036711","gmt_created":"2019-09-09 13:45:11","changed":"1568036711","gmt_changed":"2019-09-09 13:45:11","alt":"Georgia Tech students","file":{"fid":"238253","name":"Students with Einstein.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Students%20with%20Einstein.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Students%20with%20Einstein.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":517300,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Students%20with%20Einstein.jpg?itok=GSPcmyfo"}},"625807":{"id":"625807","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech U.S. News Rankings","body":null,"created":"1568036657","gmt_created":"2019-09-09 13:44:17","changed":"1568036657","gmt_changed":"2019-09-09 13:44:17","alt":"","file":{"fid":"238252","name":"N19C10503 C005.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/N19C10503%20C005.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/N19C10503%20C005.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":859076,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/N19C10503%20C005.jpg?itok=2xBGdxzI"}}},"media_ids":["625808","625807"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu","title":"Georgia Tech"},{"url":"https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2019\/09\/undergraduate-engineering-program-ranked-4th-usnews","title":"College of Engineering rankings news release"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2019\/09\/09\/georgia-tech-climbs-top-5-among-public-universities-us-news-rankings-engineering-programs","title":"Georgia Tech rankings news release"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/best-colleges\/rankings\/engineering","title":"U.S. News \u0026 World Report 2020 Undergraduate Engineering 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":"1875","name":"U.S. News \u0026 World Report"},{"id":"182285","name":"engineering rankings"},{"id":"1259","name":"electrical engineering"},{"id":"5527","name":"computer engineering"}],"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":""}}}