Georgia Tech named a top engineering school

U.S. News and World Report has named Georgia Tech one of the top 10 engineering schools in the country.

The announcement is part of an early and limited release of U.S. News’ 2015 best graduate schools rankings expected later this month.

U.S. News surveys more than 1,300 graduate schools and programs and ranks them according to it methodology. For the engineering ranking, U.S. News surveyed 212 schools granting doctoral degrees in engineering. Also included in the top engineering schools is California Institute of Technology, Stanford University and the University of Texas at Austin’s Cockrell engineering school.

The actual ranking and score of the graduate schools will be available March 11 at www.usnews.com.

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