Engineering programs at smaller schools, less selective
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Anonymous
| I am baffled that there are so many suggestions in this thread of large universities. OP said small. |
Anonymous
Marquette is a great school in the city of Milwaukee. It's an urban school, and like most Jesuit universities, located nearby "the areas of the city that need help the most". It's like most urban universities, you are in a city, there is crime and you need to be smart. Then again, there is crime near/on most universities, not just urban ones, so you need to be smart about where you are. My kid had a great 4 years there, great job and loved it all. |
Anonymous
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I would look at engineering schools that don't have phd programs - they tend to be smaller and primarly D3
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Anonymous
Do they have swimming? They have a lot of other great D3 sports and a solid and small (3000) student body. Milwaukee is a fun city for college students. |
Anonymous
PP here: Never mind its new - when we look at MSOE 3 years ago it wasn't part of their athletic program. |
Anonymous
It was just a change in vision. There has been a goal pre-pandemic of diversifying, mostly to bring in more women. That didn't get much traction with applicants and now more women want engineering anyways so the university reverted to its strengths. I'd never tell anyone to go there to study a liberal arts topic, but it's excellent at engineering, science and business. |
Anonymous
My friend who is a private wealth advisor is sending her kid there. He is approximately a sophomore and got a good internship this summer and has a local co-op. She was quite deliberate in helping him to pick out a smaller engineering program that would be supportive and where he could excel. He could also continue his sport there. There are no issues with the location. This family does not live in WI. |
Anonymous
Their finances are stable. They are just adjusting based on demand. |
Anonymous
Good most. We crossed Clarkson off due to the weather. Tufts might be worth looking at - would be a high reach. |
Anonymous
| I would look at WPI. We considered it for my son, but wound up not applying because we didn't think the system of classes (fewer at once but more accelerated) would be a great fit for him. But there were many other aspects of the school that we liked. |
Anonymous
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Your College PA
Loyola MD |
Anonymous
Think poster means York College PA |
Anonymous
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York College of Pennsylvania is small and has engineering majors and an active D3 swim team with nice athletic facilities.
Randolph-Macon in Ashland Virginia started an engineering program in recent years and has become ABET certified. They also have a D3 swim team. My student was not looking at engineering so I don’t details on it, but it is a small private school in Virginia. |
Anonymous
Do they only offer "general engineering" degrees or do they offer the usual specific degrees (AeroE, EE, CompE, CivilE, MechE) ? As several PP have noted, those "general engineering" degrees are largely meaningless to employers. |
Anonymous
Your Google broke? |