<p>I am interested in Dart's 3/2 engineering program(in fact, this program costs me nearly the same as 4 years in UMN and even cheaper than other PSU), but I do not kone whether the degree is regarded equally with the regular ones...</p>
<p>any information about the 3+2 programs?(Dart,WUSL,RPI... do not like Columbia's) </p>
<p>I need to make decision among Geneseo, Hobart and UMN. I plan to major in math (poor in chemistry, but not bad in physics and bio).Geneseo seems much strongeer in student profile, but Hobart's 3+2 program seems nice....So, please advice.</p>
<p>Bachelor's degrees in engineering are professionally accredited by [url=<a href="http://www.abet.org%5DABET%5B/url">www.abet.org]ABET[/url</a>]. If your engineering degree has ABET accreditation, then no one is going to question its legitimacy or value. It doesn't matter whether it was obtained through a 4-year program or a 3/2 program. </p>
<p>If you earn a BE degree through the Dartmouth 3/2 program, then it will have the exact same ABET accreditation and legal status as any other Dartmouth BE degree. I would expect that other 3/2 programs also offer ABET-accredited degrees.</p>
<p>The more important distinction, as far as Dartmouth engineering degrees are concerned, is the BE degree vs. the BA degree. The "lighter" BA degree does <em>not</em> have ABET accreditation, is not regarded as a "real" professional degree, and will have more limited utility than the BE degree. But the BE vs. BA distinction is completely separate from the 4-year vs. 3/2 distinction.</p>