<p>what does that mean and is northeastern abet accredited? also how is city college of new york (ccny)'s engineering program. i heard the grove school was good but compared to northeastern??
i want to major in computer engineering
also does anyone know if at northeastern, you could get a masters in just 4 or 5 years like the MEng degree or something
THanks</p>
<p>ABET, Inc., the recognized accreditor for college and university programs in applied science, computing, engineering, and technology, is a federation of 30 professional and technical societies representing these fields. Among the most respected accreditation organizations in the U.S., ABET has provided leadership and quality assurance in higher education for over 75 years. </p>
<p>Straight from the website.
Yes Northeastern is ABET accredited. and Yes I believe CCNY is as well. You can go on the website and it will show you a list of accredited programs.
I don’t know a thing about CCNY, but I know Northeastern has a pretty good co-op program and theyre pretty good at engineering.</p>
<p>And I have no clue about that the last question. It may be on the website.</p>
<p>While the above it the official response, practically ABET accreditation is required for licensure in many states (i.e. to become a Professional Engineer, which is required or preferred in many careers). Keep in mind, though, that licenses are issued by individual states, so each state has it’s own laws. Some states require an ABET accredited degree and some do not (but require increased experience instead). </p>
<p>Also, keep in mind that there are different types of ABET accreditation (based on the accreditation criteria). ABET-EAC is the one for engineering. You’ll sometimes see ABET-TAC (mostly for engineering technology programs) which is not the same and (again this varies by the state) is often the same as being unaccredited. You’ll see CS programs accredited as ABET-CAC, and some applied programs as ABET-ASAC. And finally, keep in mind that programs are accredited, not colleges. So if a school says “ABET accredited” and you want to be a Mechanical Engineer, you should look to see if the Mechanical Engineering program is ABET-EAC accredited. If you graduate as an ME and only CE is accredited, you graduated from an unaccredited program.</p>
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<p>NEU offers several, including a BS/MS mechanical engineering according to this site. <a href=“http://www.coe.neu.edu/coe/undergraduate/BS-MS_Programs.html[/url]”>http://www.coe.neu.edu/coe/undergraduate/BS-MS_Programs.html</a></p>
<p>Let me follow this up by pointing out that licensure is actually not required in many careers, so keep that in mind. A civil engineer will want to be licensed, a computer engineer usually doesn’t need to be licensed. </p>
<p>One common misconception is that ABET accreditation means that all college programs are academically equal. That’s not true. ABET requirements are a minimum standard that many (most) schools actually surpass. So if School A teaches the minimum ABET curriculum and School B teaches more than the minimum (say it packs BS and MS material in a BS degree), School B will have a better academic program than School A even though they are both accredited.</p>
<p>A lack of accreditation does not mean the school is below that minimum level. There are plenty of top programs that are not ABET accredited for various reasons unrelated to the level of education. For example, MIT is not accredited for BioEng, though they offer undergraduate and graduate degrees in that field. While I have no experience with that program, I am sure based on their reputation that it is a well designed program.</p>
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<p>Actually, in most states ABET-TAC is accepted for professional licensure. The state may require 1-2 more years of experience but it is much different than graduating from an unaccredited program. There are only a handful of states, all in the south, that don’t accep an ABET-TAC program.</p>
<p>In my experience, the states I’ve seen treat Engineering Technology graduates the same as a Science graduate: 8-10 years of experience required instead of the 3-5 years for a BS Engineering. In that regard, an ABET-TAC Engineering Technology degree is no more “valuable” than an non-ABET accredited Biology degree.</p>
<p>And let me clarify that. I only mean “valuable” in terms of obtaining a license. Obviously, the degree has value other than that.</p>
<p>Here is where you can find which schools have the accreditation:</p>
<p>[Accredited</a> Programs Search](<a href=“http://www.abet.org/AccredProgramSearch/AccreditationSearch.aspx]Accredited”>http://www.abet.org/AccredProgramSearch/AccreditationSearch.aspx)</p>