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Cornell College of Engineering
Top 25%6,092 points
Top 25%
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Cornell College of Engineering review: 56 facts and highlights
1. academic staff
Number of academic staff. Data is obtained from national agencies such as National Ministry of Education, National Bureau of Statistics, National Association of Universities and Colleges, National Rector's Conference.
247
Division of Engineering and Applied Science: 300
2. Forbes rank
According to the Forbes' annual list of America’s 650 Top Colleges. The rankings focus on the things that matter the most to students: quality of teaching, great career prospects, high graduation rates and low-levels of debt. Source: Forbes, 2018.
19(Cornell University)
Yale Faculty of Engineering: 4
3. position in QS ranking regarding employer reputation
The results are based on the responses to a survey distributed worldwide among employers from a number of different sources. Source: Top Universities QS Ranking, 2018.
24
MIT School of Engineering: 1
4. Nobel laureats staff
Source: Nobel Prize's website, 2018.
28(Cornell University)
MIT School of Engineering: 51
5. Nobel laureats alumni
The total number of the alumni of an institution winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals. Alumni are defined as those who obtain bachelor, Master's or doctoral degrees from the institution. Source: Nobel Prize's website, 2018.
13(Cornell University)
MIT School of Engineering: 27
6. average composite ACT score
The ACT (American College Testing) is a standardized test for high school achievement and college admissions in the United States. The ACT score indicates how hard it is to get into a univeristy and can also indicate the level of educational requirements. Source: university's official statistics, 2018.
31.5(Cornell University)
Division of Engineering and Applied Science: 34
7. admission rate
An admission rate shows the percentage of applicants that was accepted by university. Low acceptance rate makes it difficult to get a place, but also can indicate the prestige and high education level. Source: university's official statistics, 2018.
18%
Yale Faculty of Engineering: 7.1%
8. alumni network
An alumni association is an association of graduates or, more broadly, of former students (alumni). In the United Kingdom and the United States, alumni of universities, colleges, schools (especially independent schools), fraternities, and sororities often form groups with alumni from the same organization. Source: university's official website, 2018.
46600
Yale Faculty of Engineering: 168987
9. ARWU rank
The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) uses six objective indicators to rank world universities, including the number of alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, number of highly cited researchers selected by Thomson Scientific, number of articles published in journals of Nature and Science, number of articles indexed in Science Citation Index - Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index, and per capita performance with respect to the size of an institution. Source: ARWU, 2018.
13(Cornell University)
MIT School of Engineering: 4
10. average admission SAT score
The SAT is a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. SAT scores indicate how hard it is to get in to a university and can also indicate the level of educational requirements. Source: university's official statistics, 2018.
1415(Cornell University)
Boston College of Engineering: 2016
11. average SAT score in math
The SAT is a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. SAT scores indicate how hard it is to get in to a university and can also indicate the level of educational requirements. Source: university's official statistics, 2018.
725(Cornell University)
Division of Engineering and Applied Science: 780
12. patent applications
A patent application is a request pending at a patent office for the grant of a patent for the invention described and claimed by that application. Number of applications shows how creative and inventive are students. Source: university's official statistics, 2018.
1390
MIT School of Engineering: 2240
13. Is a member of the Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference composed of sports teams from eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group. The term Ivy League also has connotations of academic excellence, selectivity in admissions, and social elitism. Source: university's official website, 2018.
Cornell College of Engineering(Cornell University)
37% have it
14. cost of room and board
The approximate cost of room and board per academic year. Source: university's official statistics, 2018.
13668$
College of Technology and Innovation: 11436$
15. graduate students
A high number of Masters and PhD students can indicate that the university has a research focus. Source: university's official statistics, 2018.
1812
College of Technology and Innovation: 2148
16. average financial aid
A general amount of financial aid for students in millions of dollars. Source: university's official statistics, 2018.
245$ million(Cornell University)
Cornell College of Engineering: 245$ million
17. highly cited researchers
The number of highly cited researchers in 21 subject categories. These individuals are the most cited within each category. Thomson Reuters, which did the data crunching for THE, combed through 6 million journal articles published over a five-year period, and then calculated how many times those articles were cited by other scholars. Source: Thomson Reuters, 2018.
3(Cornell University)
MIT School of Engineering: 81
18. grants per year per student
The average amount of funding that is available for a student per academic year (grants, scholarships and/or financial aid given to eligible students). Source: university's official statistics, 2018.
19125$
Division of Engineering and Applied Science: 38756$
19. number of applicants
A high number of applicants can indicate that a university is in high demand and has a good overall image and reputation.
9374
Yale Faculty of Engineering: 28977
20. position on Times Higher Education ranking
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings is an annual ranking published by the British magazine “Times Higher Education”. Information is supplied by Thomson Reuters and provides performance based data. Main ranking indicators are based on the universities' core missions- teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.
18(Cornell University)
Division of Engineering and Applied Science: 1
21. crime rate campus
Source: university's official statistics, 2018.
0.44%(Cornell University)
Carnegie Institute of Technology: 0.02%
22. number of programs
The school offers a wider range of study programs to choose from. There are likely to be a lot more options when choosing which classes to enroll on, and you can specialise in your area of interest.
20
MIT School of Engineering: 109
23. position in QS ranking regarding academic reputation
The Academic Reputation Index is the centrepiece of the QS World University Rankings® carrying a weighting of 40%. The results are based on the responses to a survey distributed worldwide academics from a number of different sources. Source: Top Universities QS Ranking, 2018.
24
MIT School of Engineering: 1
24. percentage of male students
Percentages of female and male students show how balanced the university is regarding gender. Source: university's official statistics, 2018.
66.1%
Case School of Engineering: 79%
25. sports facilities
Source: university's official website, 2018.
29(Cornell University)
Cornell College of Engineering: 29
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