School of Engineering Ranked in Top 50
The School of Engineering at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, is among the best undergraduate engineering programs in the nation, according to U.S.News & World Report in its just-published 2010 edition of “America’s Best Colleges.”
U.S.News ranked Penn State Behrend in the top 50 for “Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs” for schools that offer bachelor’s or master’s as their highest degrees.
In order to qualify, the school’s programs must be accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). Penn State Behrend’s School of Engineering offers three associate and seven bachelor’s degree programs. Each program is accredited by either the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) or the Technology Accreditation Commission (TAC) of ABET.
The School of Engineering and the Sam and Irene Black School of Business are co-located in the college’s Research and Economic Development Center, making Penn State Behrend one of the first institutions of higher education in the country to house its engineering and business schools together in the same facility.
Rankings are based solely on the peer judgments of deans and senior faculty, who were surveyed in spring 2009.
The 2010 “America’s Best Colleges” guidebook will be available for purchase on Aug. 25.