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14. What is the enrollment size?</p>
<p>Of the 1400 undergraduate students in Columbia Engineering, approximately 150 are Combined Plan students.
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<p>It's hard to believe so few people would choose to go to an Ivy League school when their admission is virtually guaranteed w/ a 3.0 college GPA. And there are hundreds of LAC's w/ agreements w/ Columbia.</p>
<p>well this may be an indication of how many students that start in the 3+2 liberal arts/engineering program actually end up completing an engineering degree</p>
<p>Well, sometimes Columbia may not have the major that a 3-2 student wants to pursue. For example, my school has an agreement with Columbia and the University of Washington. However, Columbia doesn’t has an Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering program (surprisingly), so the only options left are to attend UW or change engineering disciplines altogether.</p>
<p>I also fail to see why the school’s athletic conference would sway so many students to attend there. It’s a good engineering school, but there are many better programs.</p>
<p>Columbia is not exactly at the top of the heap when it comes to engineering schools, a school like Penn State or Texas may be better in certain fields.</p>
<p>2 reasons that someone may choose Columbia over other schools: NYC and/or proximity to finance jobs.</p>
<p>i believe it is ranked twentieth in the nation (engineering)</p>
<p>it has an extremely large number of eng programs compared w/ other schools</p>
<p>I was going to do this program, because I reside in NYC. 150 people enrolled is not a bad number, perhaps people drop the program as they go into it or such (unless it’s binding, which I would not know)</p>
<p>Thanks for pointing out this program. I’ve been on the fence as to whether to go Engineering or Philosophy (weird I know) and this might be a perfect compromise.</p>
<p>I know the University of Washington has an engineering department rated as high as Columbia’s but it still seems like an amazing steal for some reason.</p>