Which school is better overall: Purdue or Indiana?

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Anonymous wrote:If you are out of state for Indiana and Massachusetts, the analogy here aptly answers part of your question. Going to IU for engineering instead of to Purdue is like going to Harvard for engineering instead of to MIT. It’s as dumb a decision as that.

Exactly!

So guys... don't you think this is an absurd oversimplification? Like Harvard Engineering is complete garbage or something...

My sister has an engineering PhD from MIT, and one year she got to work with a prof at Harvard and get into a lab there for this project... she was over the moon and her colleagues were like, wow congrats on the opportunity! Like, MIT engineers do not look down on Harvard engineers or the programs there. At all. So maybe neither should you?

I promise you, people think it's weird to go to Harvard for engineering.

Let's definitely trust "people" over MIT engineers on where it's "weird"' to go for engineering.

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For a lot of people outside STEM, they don’t understand the distinction between science and engineering. Harvard is great for math, physics and engineering. But its engineering is not even close to the likes of MIT, not even close to Purdue! By the way, Purdue Engineering is ranked #4 best in the nation (not breaking down by major).

Undergrad at Purdue, grad school at MIT. My opinion counts for a lot. And yes, it's weird.

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Anonymous wrote:If you are out of state for Indiana and Massachusetts, the analogy here aptly answers part of your question. Going to IU for engineering instead of to Purdue is like going to Harvard for engineering instead of to MIT. It’s as dumb a decision as that.

Exactly!

So guys... don't you think this is an absurd oversimplification? Like Harvard Engineering is complete garbage or something...

My sister has an engineering PhD from MIT, and one year she got to work with a prof at Harvard and get into a lab there for this project... she was over the moon and her colleagues were like, wow congrats on the opportunity! Like, MIT engineers do not look down on Harvard engineers or the programs there. At all. So maybe neither should you?

I promise you, people think it's weird to go to Harvard for engineering.

Let's definitely trust "people" over MIT engineers on where it's "weird"' to go for engineering.

👍👍👍

For a lot of people outside STEM, they don’t understand the distinction between science and engineering. Harvard is great for math, physics and engineering. But its engineering is not even close to the likes of MIT, not even close to Purdue! By the way, Purdue Engineering is ranked #4 best in the nation (not breaking down by major).

Undergrad at Purdue, grad school at MIT. My opinion counts for a lot. And yes, it's weird.

Sorry about my typo. Harvard is great for math, physics and chemistry, but not engineering.

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Anonymous wrote:If you are out of state for Indiana and Massachusetts, the analogy here aptly answers part of your question. Going to IU for engineering instead of to Purdue is like going to Harvard for engineering instead of to MIT. It’s as dumb a decision as that.

Exactly!

So guys... don't you think this is an absurd oversimplification? Like Harvard Engineering is complete garbage or something...

My sister has an engineering PhD from MIT, and one year she got to work with a prof at Harvard and get into a lab there for this project... she was over the moon and her colleagues were like, wow congrats on the opportunity! Like, MIT engineers do not look down on Harvard engineers or the programs there. At all. So maybe neither should you?

I promise you, people think it's weird to go to Harvard for engineering.

Let's definitely trust "people" over MIT engineers on where it's "weird"' to go for engineering.

👍👍👍

For a lot of people outside STEM, they don’t understand the distinction between science and engineering. Harvard is great for math, physics and engineering. But its engineering is not even close to the likes of MIT, not even close to Purdue! By the way, Purdue Engineering is ranked #4 best in the nation (not breaking down by major).

Undergrad at Purdue, grad school at MIT. My opinion counts for a lot. And yes, it's weird.

Sorry about my typo. Harvard is great for math, physics and chemistry, but not engineering.

Purdue Engineering is ranked #4 by US News. Only MIT, Stanford and Berkeley rank higher.

https://premium.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/eng-rankings

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Anonymous wrote:If you are out of state for Indiana and Massachusetts, the analogy here aptly answers part of your question. Going to IU for engineering instead of to Purdue is like going to Harvard for engineering instead of to MIT. It’s as dumb a decision as that.

Exactly!

So guys... don't you think this is an absurd oversimplification? Like Harvard Engineering is complete garbage or something...

My sister has an engineering PhD from MIT, and one year she got to work with a prof at Harvard and get into a lab there for this project... she was over the moon and her colleagues were like, wow congrats on the opportunity! Like, MIT engineers do not look down on Harvard engineers or the programs there. At all. So maybe neither should you?

I promise you, people think it's weird to go to Harvard for engineering.

Let's definitely trust "people" over MIT engineers on where it's "weird"' to go for engineering.

👍👍👍

For a lot of people outside STEM, they don’t understand the distinction between science and engineering. Harvard is great for math, physics and engineering. But its engineering is not even close to the likes of MIT, not even close to Purdue! By the way, Purdue Engineering is ranked #4 best in the nation (not breaking down by major).

Undergrad at Purdue, grad school at MIT. My opinion counts for a lot. And yes, it's weird.

Sorry about my typo. Harvard is great for math, physics and chemistry, but not engineering.

Purdue Engineering is ranked #4 by US News. Only MIT, Stanford and Berkeley rank higher.

https://premium.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/eng-rankings

That’s the grad level. Undergraduate it’s not ranked quite as highly, but still top ten.

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Anonymous wrote:If you are out of state for Indiana and Massachusetts, the analogy here aptly answers part of your question. Going to IU for engineering instead of to Purdue is like going to Harvard for engineering instead of to MIT. It’s as dumb a decision as that.

Exactly!

So guys... don't you think this is an absurd oversimplification? Like Harvard Engineering is complete garbage or something...

My sister has an engineering PhD from MIT, and one year she got to work with a prof at Harvard and get into a lab there for this project... she was over the moon and her colleagues were like, wow congrats on the opportunity! Like, MIT engineers do not look down on Harvard engineers or the programs there. At all. So maybe neither should you?

I promise you, people think it's weird to go to Harvard for engineering.

Let's definitely trust "people" over MIT engineers on where it's "weird"' to go for engineering.

👍👍👍

For a lot of people outside STEM, they don’t understand the distinction between science and engineering. Harvard is great for math, physics and engineering. But its engineering is not even close to the likes of MIT, not even close to Purdue! By the way, Purdue Engineering is ranked #4 best in the nation (not breaking down by major).

Undergrad at Purdue, grad school at MIT. My opinion counts for a lot. And yes, it's weird.

Sorry about my typo. Harvard is great for math, physics and chemistry, but not engineering.

Purdue Engineering is ranked #4 by US News. Only MIT, Stanford and Berkeley rank higher.

https://premium.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/eng-rankings

That’s the grad level. Undergraduate it’s not ranked quite as highly, but still top ten.

You are right. But the grad engineering ranking is 2023. Undergrad ranking is last year’s. #9 in undergrad. That shows the strength of Purdue’s research though.

https://premium.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/engineering-doctorate

[Anonymous]

The difference is that Purdue is ranked in the top ten nationally for engineering and has a storied aerospace history. I don’t think Indiana is top ten in anything.

The overall rank for Purdue is 51. The overall rank for IU is 72. Purdue is the better school academically.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For a kid who's truly undecided, I would go with Indiana, which is strong in a broader range of subjects.

Indiana also has the better campus/setting by a significant margin.

+1 IU has more history and prestige

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Anonymous wrote:For a kid who's truly undecided, I would go with Indiana, which is strong in a broader range of subjects.

Indiana also has the better campus/setting by a significant margin.

+1. My daughter has been considering Indiana. Graduate programs in English, History, Political Science, Folklore, Many foreign languages, journalism - all do very well in US New rankings. There is a pretty decent musical theater program there- 15 to 20 kids. Indiana now has almost 50 percent OOS students.

There is a lot to choose from there.

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Anonymous wrote:The difference is that Purdue is ranked in the top ten nationally for engineering and has a storied aerospace history. I don’t think Indiana is top ten in anything.

The overall rank for Purdue is 51. The overall rank for IU is 72. Purdue is the better school academically.

This is kind of stupid. Written by typical DCUM type who only cares about these rankings. I am from Indiana. You don’t usually go to Purdue for a liberal arts degree.

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Anonymous wrote:The difference is that Purdue is ranked in the top ten nationally for engineering and has a storied aerospace history. I don’t think Indiana is top ten in anything.

The overall rank for Purdue is 51. The overall rank for IU is 72. Purdue is the better school academically.

??

Indiana's undergraduate business program is very highly-respected -- #8 in the country per US News (tied with UVA).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Purdue is better for engineering, pharmacy, computer science, nursing, veterinary medicine, chemistry, physics, statistics, and speech-language pathology.

Indiana is better for business, economics, biology, math, psychology/sociology, the humanities, political science, public affairs, music, education, and library science.

Purdue is the higher ranking university. Not sure how that can be denied?

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/purdue-university-west-lafayette-1825
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/indiana-university-bloomington-1809

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Anonymous wrote:The difference is that Purdue is ranked in the top ten nationally for engineering and has a storied aerospace history. I don’t think Indiana is top ten in anything.

The overall rank for Purdue is 51. The overall rank for IU is 72. Purdue is the better school academically.

This is kind of stupid. Written by typical DCUM type who only cares about these rankings. I am from Indiana. You don’t usually go to Purdue for a liberal arts degree.

DP. Sure you do. Just like you could go to MIT and major in humanities, or any school with "tech" in its name. These schools also have arts and science colleges. The PP is correct.

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Anonymous wrote:The difference is that Purdue is ranked in the top ten nationally for engineering and has a storied aerospace history. I don’t think Indiana is top ten in anything.

The overall rank for Purdue is 51. The overall rank for IU is 72. Purdue is the better school academically.

This is kind of stupid. Written by typical DCUM type who only cares about these rankings. I am from Indiana. You don’t usually go to Purdue for a liberal arts degree.

+1 and also from Indiana.

People who really know these schools know that both are excellent but in different areas. They complement each other and you choose accordingly. It's apples to oranges.

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Anonymous wrote:The difference is that Purdue is ranked in the top ten nationally for engineering and has a storied aerospace history. I don’t think Indiana is top ten in anything.

The overall rank for Purdue is 51. The overall rank for IU is 72. Purdue is the better school academically.

??

Indiana's undergraduate business program is very highly-respected -- #8 in the country per US News (tied with UVA).

Music.

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Anonymous wrote:If you are out of state for Indiana and Massachusetts, the analogy here aptly answers part of your question. Going to IU for engineering instead of to Purdue is like going to Harvard for engineering instead of to MIT. It’s as dumb a decision as that.

Exactly!

So guys... don't you think this is an absurd oversimplification? Like Harvard Engineering is complete garbage or something...

My sister has an engineering PhD from MIT, and one year she got to work with a prof at Harvard and get into a lab there for this project... she was over the moon and her colleagues were like, wow congrats on the opportunity! Like, MIT engineers do not look down on Harvard engineers or the programs there. At all. So maybe neither should you?

I promise you, people think it's weird to go to Harvard for engineering.

Let's definitely trust "people" over MIT engineers on where it's "weird"' to go for engineering.

👍👍👍

For a lot of people outside STEM, they don’t understand the distinction between science and engineering. Harvard is great for math, physics and engineering. But its engineering is not even close to the likes of MIT, not even close to Purdue! By the way, Purdue Engineering is ranked #4 best in the nation (not breaking down by major).

Undergrad at Purdue, grad school at MIT. My opinion counts for a lot. And yes, it's weird.

Sorry about my typo. Harvard is great for math, physics and chemistry, but not engineering.

Harvard focuses more on Applied Science.