According to the US News and World Report, NC State's ECE Department has jumped three spots from 20th rank to be tied for 17th.

Engineering Specialties: Electrical/Electronic/Communications

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
   
2. University of California–Berkeley
   
3. Stanford University
   
4. University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
   
5. Michigan–Ann Arbor
   
6. California Institute of Technology
   
7. Georgia Institute of Technology
   
8. Cornell University
   
9. Purdue University–West Lafayette (IN)
   
10. Carnegie Mellon University
    
11. University of Texas–Austin
    
12. Princeton University (NJ
    
13. University of California–Los Angeles
    
14. University of California–San Diego
    
15. University of Wisconsin–Madison
    
16. University of California–Santa Barbara
    
17. North Carolina State University
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)
    
18. University of Washington
    
19. Penn State University–University Park
    
20. Rice University (TX)
    University of Maryland–College Park
    University of Southern California