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. U.S. Merchant Marine Academy*
Stevens Institute of Technology*
California Institute of Technology*
New Jersey Institute of Technology*
University of Hawaii — Manoa
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute*
State University of New York — University at Albany
Georgia Institute of Technology*
Illinois Institute of Technology*
University of Rhode Island
(Survey results drawn from Princeton Review’s Best 366 Colleges)
*High percentage of engineers
Professors Get High Marks
Wellesley College
Harvey Mudd College*
Middlebury College
Sarah Lawrence College
Simon’s Rock College of Bard
Ripon College
St. John’s College (NM)
Wabash College
Reed College
Sweet Briar College
(Survey results drawn from Princeton Review’s Best 366 Colleges)
*High percentage of engineers
Unhappiest Students
State University of New York — Stony Brook University
New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology*
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy*
University of Hawaii — Manoa
New Jersey Institute of Technology*
Fisk University
Illinois Institute of Technology*
Clarkson University*
Tuskegee University
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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