Anonymous wrote:For those who know about engineering colleges, how would you rank these in terms of easier or harder to get into?

Lehigh
Stevens
Bucknell
WPI
RPI

Lehigh is the hardest of these (unless you ED). Then probably Bucknell but not sure.

RPI, Stevens, and WPI pretty similar in terms of getting in, but WPI is test blind so that could make things easier or harder depending on score.


This is mostly based on personal experience—my kid applied to all but Bucknell—rejected from Lehigh RD, accepted RPI EA, deferred and then accepted WPI (test blind hurt him, since he had a 34 ACT), waitlisted and accepted off WL, Stevens.

RPI seems OK with a mid GPA if test score is high.

Bucknell
Lehigh
Fairfield

CNU offers a limited set of engineering degrees, but the students they graduate are good quality. Be sure they offer the specific engineering degree sought.

Avoid getting a degree from any college in "General Engineering". Those graduates have a much harder time getting jobs in engineering/ technology. Any specific engineering degree (AeroE, EE, ComputerE, CivilE, MechE) is fine.

Duquesne

Union, Lafayette, Lehigh, Stevens, & Bucknell all fall under small. WPI is a bit outside of Boston, so too far, but worth a look.

Anonymous wrote:Looking for small colleges/universities with Engineering majors within a 5 hour drive of Northern Virginia.

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For those who know about engineering colleges, how would you rank these in terms of easier or harder to get into?

Lehigh
Stevens
Bucknell
WPI
RPI

I’ve been looking too and one thing to note is that some of the smaller ones don’t offer chemical engineering, if that’s of interest.

Sweetbriar

Lehigh
Case Western (a little over 5 hrs)
Lafayette
Bucknell

Stevens?

CNU
York College of PA
Loyola of MD
Rowan

Rensselaer might be close enough

Swarthmore

Looking for small colleges/universities with Engineering majors within a 5 hour drive of Northern Virginia.