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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Reputable employers aren't interesting in hiring graduates from non-competitive engineering schools.  The students who actually graduate from the tougher schools are the best of the best.[/quote]

Hiring manager at a tech firm. Disagree with the above.  We actively hire from most ABET accredited engineering programs. We are typical of tech firms, not unusual.

Our experience is that if the student graduated with a -specific- engineering degree (examples of specific degrees include AeroE, CompE, EE, MechE) they are fully capable of doing the work. ABET provides a floor, but it is a high floor, not a low floor.

Our experience is that "rank" and "prestige" of an engineering program do not translate into better on the job abilities. Locally, we are -equally- happy with engineering graduates from CNU, GMU, JHU, ODU, UMCP, UMBC, UVA, VCU, and VT -- provided they took rigorous upper-level in-major electives.

We do not hire students who got a degree in "General Engineering" because they lack the depth of knowledge in a specific field of engineering that we need.

We also find that a degree in "Engineering Technology" covers less material than the corresponding "Engineering" degree. For example, we are not hiring folks with an EET degree - because they are less capable than folks with an actual EE degree. [/quote]

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