It's a solid undergraduate program. There are hundreds of similar 2nd / 3rd tier engineering programs across the country.
"Top Three"? Puleeeeeeez, it won't even rank top three within 100 miles radius of Houston - Rice, A&M, UH all easily beat it, even Lamar probably has a better engineering program.
See 19, now that I am looking for articles, I believe the ranking was on schools its size.