Smaller engineering schools near DC?

[Anonymous]

Loyola MD gives good merit money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've heard wonderful things about Lafayette. Wake Forest is a great school too and it's 4 hours away.

We toured Lafayette and loved it.

Lehigh is also nice. You might also check out York College in PA, Catholic U, or Old Dominion U.

[Anonymous]

Shenandoah University has a new engineering program this year (not sure it includes mechanical though).

https://www.su.edu/blog/2023/01/17/shenandoah-adding-undergraduate-engineering-program-in-fall-2023/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Catholic U has a solid engineering department, but it may be too close!

+1

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[Anonymous]

If a school has an engineering program, and there is a single engineering major, it usually mimics mechanical engineering most closely.

I’m intrigued by small (really small) private schools with self contained engineering programs. Some small schools offer a “3+2” program where you take the real engineering courses elsewhere. Here are a couple examples of self-contained programs:

Randolph Macon in Ashland VA
Saint Francis University in Loretto PA

Saint Francis is doubly intriguing because its sports programs are D1.

[Anonymous]

It's a bit far, but look at Kettering University in Michigan.

[Anonymous]

UMBC (University of Maryland Baltimore County) has a popular mechanical engineering program. They have about 10,000 students so it's small compared to state flagships. You definitely don't want a tiny school for engineering because a larger school will have more resources, instructors, and project opportunities. I went to UMBC for math many years ago and it's a fantastic STEM school.

[Anonymous]

Stevens institute of technology. In Hoboken right across from manhattan

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Shippensburg University in PA.

Check to make sure the program of interest is ABET accredited - not all of the programs are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Shippensburg University in PA.

Possible financial problems

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lehigh
Bucknell
Lafayette

This is the answer.

[Anonymous]

Johns Hopkins has engineering. Also consider state schools in Maryland: UMBC and Frostburg State. UMD College Park has a world class engineering program but it is not a small school. Does the student have the numbers to get into a selective program?

[Anonymous]

Are you in Virginia? If so, look at JMU and VCU as they both have ABET-accredited programs.

[Anonymous]

Some less selective options:
Stevens Institute
NJIT - is in Newark so kid would want an urban experience
Widener in PA
Drexel
Drew University -3+2 with Columbia

[Anonymous]

College of New Jersey