&gt; The course content of the Chemical Engineering courses at Stanford are almost certainly identical to the Chemical Engineering courses at San Jose State.<p>Even if we accept that Stanford&#x27;s teaching staff, resources, and student peer-groups are complete non-factors, it is extremely unlikely the content is the same. Both because schools differ on how they supplement that content (adding more &amp; where they provide additional attention) and general quality of laboratories ect.<p>So even if they use the exact same books depending on how granular you define &quot;content&quot;, I think we can say San Jose (or many universities) are difficult to compare directly. While I wouldn&#x27;t put it as rudely as parent, Stanford has a reputation for putting out high quality engineers, although that is irrelevent to the point, which is that you certainly can&#x27;t say general content guidelines map to &quot;certainly identical&quot; experience...