<p>My sister is a first year student in PSU, she's going for Eng.</p>
<p>My mom just got a job in Temple University, so if my sis tranfered to Temple the cost will be free.</p>
<p>so, my question is hows Temple in Engineering? (EE and Comp. E)
is it a good school?
especially compared to Penn State.</p>
<p>I don't know if Temple has a better engineering program than Penn State...but a FREE Temple engineering program is better than a Penn State engineering program.</p>
<p>Also, if your sister attends Temple, she will be in the Philly area. She can always goto Penn State-Great Valley which is grad-engineering campus of Penn State right outside of Philly.</p>
<p>thankx for the opnion, any others?</p>
<p>Temple isn't even ranked top 50 for engineering wheras PSU is in the top 20.
BUT i guess rankings doesn't really mattter w/ the # of succesful alumni they have.</p>
<p>Sometimes rankings have very little to do with the quality of the undergraduate education, and more to do with things like univeristy research, alumni contributions, etc. With ABET accreditation, I think you can be pretty sure a program meets certain standards, and FREE sounds like an offer too good to pass up.</p>
<p>how about a Temple engineering program compared to Penn State engineering program?</p>
<p>[or a FREE Temple eng. program vs. FREE PSU eng. program]</p>
<p>I guess basically my question is it going to make a difference, in terms of salary and job oppertunities, if one attends a 2 tier or 3rd tier engineering college, is it going to be different from a top 20 engineering public school?</p>
<p>"if one attends a 2 tier or 3rd tier engineering college, is it going to be different from a top 20 engineering public school?"</p>
<p>It may...just may slightly different as far as that first job out of college but after that...NOT A DAMN BIT of difference.</p>
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<p>Salary? Not really. From my own grad school's stats, salary is only marginally higher than the national avg (~2-3k). Job opportunity? Could be a big difference. Top companies usually only recruit at a few top schools and schools that are close to them. Just to name a few: AMD, Nvidia, TI...</p>
<p>i am still in HS, and I'm planning to go for Industrial Engineering.
since my mother works in Temple University it would be good to go there coz of ''free education''.</p>
<p>But the thing is Temple has EE & CS, ME, and Civil & Envir E.</p>
<p>so, should I go to Temple or some good IE schools? [a good IE school in my state and near my home is Penn State]</p>
<p>any ideas?</p>
<ul>
<li>Temple's tuition is $10,700/year</li>
<li>Penn State's tuition is $12,700/year</li>
<li>Penn State is #4 in the nation in the graduate IE program</li>
<li>State College is more scenic and probably a lot safer than inner city Philly</li>
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<p>But....you did say Temple would be free!</p>
<p>Temple + Free beats Penn State and a student loan bill all day</p>
<p>yea, but Temple doesnot have a IE program...</p>
<p>I find EE interesting in thier majors.</p>
<p>So, I guess I could major EE and minor in Business to enter a IE/business/Managment/ or IE related field.</p>
<p>[ Oh, PSU is ranked 4th for the undergraduate IE program and 3rd for the graduate IE program]</p>
<p>I am so confused over this issue.
The problem isnot the rankings but the majors, the free school doesn't have the major but the non-free school has the major which is one of the best in the nation.</p>
<p>my sis is a freshman in PSU, and she took $2500 of loan.</p>
<p>so if this continues in the same rate then after 4-5 years the overall loan would add up to $10,000 to $12,500.</p>
<p>Luckily for her she's going for EE and Temple has that major.</p>
<p>If $2500 is all you will need per year at Penn State as a loan, I would go with Penn State. $10,000-$12,000 is worth the debt for Penn State.</p>