Caltech, Stanford, Cal, and Harvey Mudd are on the same tier with Purdue, Michigan, Illinois, CM.
The other ones are good schools, but in a distinctly second tier to that group.
The other ones are good schools, but in a distinctly second tier to that group.
What on earth do you mean by second tier?
For example, when it comes to hardware & electrical engineering, UCSD alone is as productive as say Purdue & Illinois combined. And it’s a young university too.