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It has historical connections to steam engines and steam propulsion. It was founded by Edwin Stevens, son of steamboat and steam locomotive pioneer Col. John Stevens, and built on donated land that had been part of the Stevens family estate.<ref>[http://www.stevens.edu/main/about/history.shtml#john_stevens Stevens' history]</ref> In 1918 it was selected by the U. S. Navy as the location for the United States Naval Steam Engineering School.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=yKvbADJLQx0C&pg=PA359&lpg=PA359&dq=%22steam+engineering+school%22&source=web&ots=2BjLlIaIqB&sig=uLqaBJ3cHjfTgX6CM-rxw82xf8E Science 47(1215):359]</ref>

It has historical connections to steam engines and steam propulsion. It was founded by Edwin Stevens, son of steamboat and steam locomotive pioneer Col. John Stevens, and built on donated land that had been part of the Stevens family estate.<ref>[http://www.stevens.edu/main/about/history.shtml#john_stevens Stevens' history]</ref> In 1918 it was selected by the U. S. Navy as the location for the United States Naval Steam Engineering School.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=yKvbADJLQx0C&pg=PA359&lpg=PA359&dq=%22steam+engineering+school%22&source=web&ots=2BjLlIaIqB&sig=uLqaBJ3cHjfTgX6CM-rxw82xf8E Science 47(1215):359]</ref>

It is one of U. S. News and World Report's top 100 national universities, ranking comparably with other traditionally-focussed "engineering schools" such as Worcester Polytechnic and Virginia Tech.

It is one of U. S. News and World Report's top 100 national universities, ranking comparably with other traditionally-focussed "engineering schools" such as Worcester Polytechnic and Virginia Tech.<ref>[http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php America's Best Colleges 2007], U. S. News and World Report; Caltech and MIT tied at #4, Georgia Tech #38, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute #42, Worcester Polytechnic Institute #64, Virginia Tech and Stevens tied at #77, Illinois Institute of Technology #105, New Jersey Institute of Technology #124</ref>

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