JMU vs VTech for Engineering

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok, help me reason through this. Someone is considering sending their kid to JMU to save 25K. But JMU only has a general engineering degree. Why would someone choose that path?

Your friend is wrong. The cost of attendance at VT with the extra $2K surcharge for engineering is $42.624 .https://finaid.vt.edu/content/dam/finaid_vt_edu/Cost_of_Attendance/2526/UGINON.pdf. At JMU the cost is $35,142. Google name of college cost of attendance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok, help me reason through this. Someone is considering sending their kid to JMU to save 25K. But JMU only has a general engineering degree. Why would someone choose that path?

Your friend is wrong. The cost of attendance at VT with the extra $2K surcharge for engineering is $42.624 .https://finaid.vt.edu/content/dam/finaid_vt_edu/Cost_of_Attendance/2526/UGINON.pdf. At JMU the cost is $35,142. Google name of college cost of attendance.

I had assumed that these were the financial aid packages they had received, but as someone else pointed out is the child even admitted? So I'm not sure where or how she pulled these numbers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok, help me reason through this. Someone is considering sending their kid to JMU to save 25K. But JMU only has a general engineering degree. Why would someone choose that path?

A) Lack of information IF student wants to work in engineering.

B) Student's goal is to work in IB or consulting or some other job where any general STEM background is good enough.

[Anonymous]

They report an excellent placement rate so anecdotes of people saying they wouldn’t hire general engineering grads doesn’t mean nobody hire general engineering grads

I'm sure some places do hire them, but that doesn't change the fact that if you want to work as an electrical engineer, some places want to see an electrical engineering degree. People should make their decisions accordingly - some places will be fine with it and some will not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

They report an excellent placement rate so anecdotes of people saying they wouldn’t hire general engineering grads doesn’t mean nobody hire general engineering grads

I'm sure some places do hire them, but that doesn't change the fact that if you want to work as an electrical engineer, some places want to see an electrical engineering degree. People should make their decisions accordingly - some places will be fine with it and some will not.

JMU is reporting total placement rate, not placement rate into *engineering jobs*. If one wants to work in engineering, get a specific engineering degree in that specialty. PP is right.

[Anonymous]

Neither JMU or VT has released any decisions yet. Early/mid January for JMU EA and early February for VT EA.

[Anonymous]

I'm sure some places do hire them, but that doesn't change the fact that if you want to work as an electrical engineer, some places want to see an electrical engineering degree. People should make their decisions accordingly - some places will be fine with it and some will not.


JMU is reporting total placement rate, not placement rate into *engineering jobs*. If one wants to work in engineering, get a specific engineering degree in that specialty. PP is right.

I'm not sure why you are arguing with me. It's pretty clear from my post that I think a specific engineering degree is the safter and better way to go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok, help me reason through this. Someone is considering sending their kid to JMU to save 25K. But JMU only has a general engineering degree. Why would someone choose that path?

Your friend is wrong. The cost of attendance at VT with the extra $2K surcharge for engineering is $42.624 .https://finaid.vt.edu/content/dam/finaid_vt_edu/Cost_of_Attendance/2526/UGINON.pdf. At JMU the cost is $35,142. Google name of college cost of attendance.

OP is making this up. It's a troll post. VT nor JMU have not released decisions yet.

[Anonymous]

I’m a big JMU fan and I’d tell them to go to VT for engineering.