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Rating the Schools, Teachers: Are Engineering Students Happy?

By Design News Staff -- Design News, March 17, 2008

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When The Princeton Review’s Best 366 Colleges asked more than 120,000 students to rate their happiness and the quality of teaching at their schools, engineering schools didn’t fare well. In a category called, “Professors Get Low Marks,” seven of the worst 10 schools had high percentages of engineers. Similarly, five of the worst 10 schools on a “Least Happy Students” list were dominated by engineers.
The news, however, isn’t all bad. In a Design News survey, the majority of 147 practicing engineers and engineering students said their professors were very good or excellent.

Professors Get Low Marks
  1. 1. U.S. Merchant Marine Academy*

  2. Stevens Institute of Technology*

  3. California Institute of Technology*

  4. New Jersey Institute of Technology*

  5. University of Hawaii — Manoa

  6. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute*

  7. State University of New York — University at Albany

  8. Georgia Institute of Technology*

  9. Illinois Institute of Technology*

  10. University of Rhode Island

(Survey results drawn from Princeton Review’s Best 366 Colleges)
*High percentage of engineers
Professors Get High Marks
  1. Wellesley College

  2. Harvey Mudd College*

  3. Middlebury College

  4. Sarah Lawrence College

  5. Simon’s Rock College of Bard

  6. Ripon College

  7. St. John’s College (NM)

  8. Wabash College

  9. Reed College

  10. Sweet Briar College

(Survey results drawn from Princeton Review’s Best 366 Colleges)
*High percentage of engineers
Unhappiest Students
  1. State University of New York — Stony Brook University

  2. New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology*

  3. U.S. Merchant Marine Academy*

  4. University of Hawaii — Manoa

  5. New Jersey Institute of Technology*

  6. Fisk University

  7. Illinois Institute of Technology*

  8. Clarkson University*

  9. Tuskegee University

  10. Albion College

(Survey results drawn from Princeton Review’s Best 366 Colleges)
*High percentage of engineers
How Would You Rate Your Professors?
Student Survey
Excellent 12%
Very Good 55%
Good 21%
Fair 11%
Poor 1%
(Design News survey of 85 students)

Engineer Survey
Excellent 21%
Very Good 39%
Good 21%
Fair 8%
Poor 2%
(Design News survey of 62 working engineers)
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