<p>Can anyone name a few colleges or universities that offer a B.E. degree in the U.S., other than Dartmouth and Cooper Union?</p>
<p>Specifically a B.E.? You’ll find way more schools that give B.S. or similar degrees with engineering.</p>
<p>I believe SUNY Stony Brook.</p>
<p>Most US schools use the BS title for undergraduate degrees in engineering, but some use BE instead. The distinction is totally meaningless, as long as the BS or BE degree is ABET accredited. Previous thread about this issue, including lists of schools that offer the BE, is [url=<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/dartmouth-college/601811-dartmouth-engr-vs-bs-degree-what.html]here[/url”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/dartmouth-college/601811-dartmouth-engr-vs-bs-degree-what.html]here[/url</a>].</p>
<p>Hmm read that link, I wonder though, as an alternative to spending a 5th year to get a BE degree at the same small program, after already getting an AB degree there, maybe one could instead get accepted to a 1-year professional Master’s program at a larger engineering school that has greater course selection, more subspecialty areas of concentration, and more on-campus recruiting for engineers. I know someone who got into such a program following an AB in Physics from a College of Arts & Sciences.</p>
<p>If you’re going to invest in a 5th year, it might as well be for a well-regarded Master’s degree in the field, if you can get it, rather than another bachelor’s from the same place you already have a bachelors degree from.</p>
<p>Just a thought.</p>
<p>This of course only applies for the case in the link where the BE was frequently being utilized as a 5th year second degree, rather than as the sole 4 year degree.</p>
<p>I believe Vanderbilt also offers BE degrees.</p>
<p>[EECS</a> Academic Programs | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science](<a href=“http://eecs.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/programs]EECS”>http://eecs.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/programs)</p>
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In practice, I don’t think there are many schools that confer an unaccredited engineering bachelor’s after 4 years, and then an ABET engineering bachelor’s after 5 years. I don’t know of any other schools, besides Dartmouth, that have this policy. </p>
<p>There are, however, the 3/2 engineering programs that many LACs offer in conjunction with larger universities (most often Columbia). In this case, the outcome is similar even though two separate schools are involved. As at Dartmouth, the program takes 5 years, and you get two bachelor’s degrees: an unaccredited BA (from the LAC), and an accredited engineering BS (from the university).</p>
<p>In practice, 3/2 programs are rarely utilized. LAC grads who are interested in engineering are more likely to do what you suggest, and pursue a MS in engineering after earning a 4-year BA. However, I think the MS programs more commonly require 2 years, rather than 1, particularly if you have a BA and not an ABET BS.</p>
<p>But even in this case, 6 years for a BA + engineering MS seems like as a good deal (or better) than 5 years for a BA + engineering BS.</p>
<p>MS is typically 2 years, however professional M.Eng degree can be one year, and I know they’ve accepted people with liberal arts degrees in Physics. Maybe not routinely,I don’t know, but I know it’s happened.</p>
<p>My guess is, to have a stronger chance of completing the M.Eng. without additional residency/ course requirements imposed for remediation, one would possibly need to have taken some number of engineering courses along the way, during their BA program. Therefore I think it might be a tougher for the 3/2 people to accomplish this.</p>