2016 Rankings. Released March 2015

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1 US News & World Report 2016 Rankings Released March 2015

2 US News & World Report Rankings N = 187 N = 191 N = 198 N = 189 N = 198 N = 198 N = 198 N = 199 N = 193 N = 195 Graduate School 44 Overall Score na RNP RNP N = 74 N = 139 N = N = 140 N = 138 N = 144 N = Computer N = 135 N = Overall Score N = 168 N = 167 N = 170 N = 170 N = 173 N = 173 N = 173 N = 175 N = 177 N = Electrical/Electronic 30 Communications Overall Score N = 95 N = 95 Ranking N = Not 40 Publish Materials 4 TX 2 TX ed 4 TX Overall Score N = 171 N = Mechanical Systems 58 6 TX Overall Score N = TX Overall Score N = 151 N = 155 N = 177 The Sciences specialties: Computer Science Overall Score na

3 Best Colleges Specialty Rankings: Best Undergraduate Programs US News & World Report Rankings America s Best Colleges TX 5 TX 5 TX 5 TX Overall Score

4 Natl. Research Weight Overall Peer Recruiter Average Ph.D. Natl. expenditures Research assessment assessment score quantitative Acceptance students/ Academy Ph.D.'s per faculty expenditures (5.0 highest) (5.0 highest) GRE score rate faculty of Eng. granted (in thousands) (in millions) ( MS 1.00 students/ faculty) Quality Assessment Student Selectivity Faculty Resources Research Activity Ranked 76th % 3.40% NP NP out of th 86 th 86 th 91 st 38 th 57 th 68 th 60 th 2015 Ranked 71 st % % out of th 86 th 55 th 104 th 108 th 35 th 53 rd 64 th 60 th 2014 Ranked 76 th % % out of st 93 rd 93 rd 111 th 80 th 40 th 38 th 67 th 64 th 2013 Ranked 77 th % % out of th 88 th 64 th 86 th 74 th 44 th 56 th 48 th 61 st 2012 Ranked 70 th % % out of th 69 th 62 nd 85 th 31 st 46 th 53 rd 65 th 66 th 2011 Ranked 76 th % 2.80% out of Ranks 77 th % % out of rd 92 nd 59 th 130 th 72 nd 44 th 72 nd 61 st 70 th 2009 Ranked 80 th % % out of Ranked 77 th % % out of Ranked 89 th % % out of 187

5 2016 US New & World Report Engineernig School Rankings by Criterion Erik Jonsson School ranked 76 th overall [Criterion, Rank, Weight] Total Research Exp 60th 15% Ave Res Exp Fac = 68th 10% PhDs granted - 57th 6.25% Natl Ac Eng - 38th 7.50% PhD Student Faculty Ratio RNP % Peer Assessment - 98th 25% Recruiter Assessment 86th 15% Quant GRE 85th 6.75% Acceptance Rate 91st %

6 Methodology: 2016 Best Schools Rankings For U.S. News' graduate engineering rankings, programs at 215 engineering schools that grant doctoral degrees were surveyed; 196 responded. Data were collected in fall 2014 and early Rankings for the 195 schools that provided the data needed were calculated based on a weighted average of the 10 indicators described below. All schools are listed in the online directory. Quality assessment (weighted by 0.40) Peer assessment score (0.25): In fall 2014, engineering school deans and deans of graduate studies at engineering schools were asked to rate programs on a scale from marginal (1) to outstanding (5). Those individuals who did not know enough about a school to evaluate it fairly were asked to mark "don't know." A school's score is the average rating of all the respondents who rated it. Responses of "don't know" counted neither for nor against a school. About 44 percent of those surveyed responded. Recruiter assessment score (0.15): In fall 2014, corporate recruiters and company contacts who hire from previously ranked programs were asked to rate programs on a scale from marginal (1) to outstanding (5). Those individuals who did not know enough about a school to evaluate it fairly were asked to mark "don't know." All the names of those surveyed for the recruiter assessment score were provided by the schools themselves. A school's score is the average rating of all the respondents who rated it. Responses of "don't know" counted neither for nor against a school. For the purpose of calculating this year's rankings, the three most recent years of recruiter survey results were averaged and weighted by Assessment data were collected by Ipsos Affairs. Student selectivity (weighted by 0.10) Mean GRE quantitative scores (0.0675): This is the mean quantitative score on the GRE for master's and doctoral students entering in fall Scores for the new and old GRE were converted to a common scale for the purposes of the ranking calculations. Only GRE scores using the new score scale taken during or after August 2011 are displayed on the ranking tables. These GRE data are only available via a U.S. News School Compass subscription.

7 Schools that reported that less than 50 percent of their entering students submitted GRE scores had their weighted percentile distributions adjusted by the proportion of the percentage of the student body that submitted test scores. Acceptance rate (0.0325): This is the proportion of applicants to a school's master's and doctoral programs who were offered admission for fall Faculty resources (weighted by 0.25) Student-faculty ratio: This is the ratio of full-time doctoral students to full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty (0.075) and full-time master's students to full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty (0.0375) in fall Percentage of faculty in the National Academy of (0.075): This is the proportion of full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty who were members of the National Academy of during fall Doctoral degrees awarded (0.0625): This is the total number of doctoral degrees granted in the school year. Research activity (weighted by 0.25) Total research expenditures (0.15): This is the total of externally funded engineering research expenditures. These expenditures refer to separately funded research, public and private, conducted by the school and are averaged over fiscal years 2013 and The definition for research expenditures is set by the American Society for Education. Average research expenditures per faculty member (0.10): This is the average amount of externally funded engineering research expenditures per full-time faculty member averaged over fiscal years 2013 and Overall rank: Data were standardized about their means, and standardized scores were weighted, totaled and rescaled so that the top-scoring school received 100; others received their percentage of the top score. Specialty rankings: specialty rankings are based solely on peer assessments by department heads in each specialty area. The peer assessment surveys for the specialty area rankings were conducted in fall Department heads in a specialty area rated the other schools that offered a doctoral degree in the specialty on a 5-point scale. Those schools with the highest average scores appear in the rankings. The lists of the engineering schools that grant doctoral degrees in each specialty, as well as the names of the department heads surveyed, came from the American Society for Education.