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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Really? There must be some way to differentiate good programs from bad programs, no? By highly regarded I don't mean "fancy" or "elite" or anything like that, I just mean well respected. Does that not play into it?[/quote]

Please go read the (older) thread in this forum on “Engineering Degree” if you want to understand the landscape for engineering better.  No point in repeating here what was said there.[/quote]

Thanks! I just looked it up. It's mostly about how hard the degrees are, and a discussion of women in engineering. Not much about the schools my DS is considering.[/quote]

Did you read the thread all the way ?

That thread repeatedly says that it does not really matter which school an engineering degree is from, so long as it is ABET accredited (with exceptions for obvious schools like MIT and CalTech which don’t bother with accreditation).  Engineering/Science is very much NOT like say English Literature, where some colleges truly are better regarded than others.

What matters as a differentiator is which upper-level engineering electives they took, what their undergrad project or research was on, and which specific job-related skills were learned.  [/quote]

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