Hey I’ve been admitted to Tulane and I want to know if Tulane’s chemical or biomedical engineering program is worth it. They appear to be ABET accredited, which is obviously a good thing, but the fact that US News doesn’t even rank them for it is unsettling. Would I get a good job/continue to grad school with a degree from here in either discipline? Thanks!
“Unranked” just means that U.S. News did not calculate a numerical ranking for that school or program. The school or program did not supply U.S. News with enough key statistical data to be numerically ranked. Tulane’ Biomedical Engineering program is excellent. It is housed in a big building dedicated to just Biomedical Engineering and has been churning out highly valued graduates and sending them to med school, industry and grad schools for years. Chemical Engineering is also of high quality-- after Hurricane Katrina, Tulane ended all Engineering programs that were not top notch so they could direct resources to the remaining programs, and Chemical Engineering has thrived.
@NJDad68 My D is a senior in HS and was just awarded a Dean’s scholarship from Tulane. She wants to study chemical engineering and we are looking at several other schools that have offered her NMF scholarships (OU, Alabama, Texas A&M) and have more name recognition as engineering schools in our area. Our first visit to Tulane will be this weekend, but so far she feels that Texas A&M does the best job finding it’s graduates jobs. Not that this matters too much to her since she likes OU and Alabama better. Do you know much about job opportunities for Tulane’s ChemEng graduates? Is it mostly recruited by regional companies, small or large companies, pharmaceutical or petrochemical, etc.? What types of opportunities do the students have for internships and co-ops? Right now she is not interested in studying for a PhD, so finding a job after 4 years is important…especially for her parents.
The bulk of Tulane’s engineering undergraduates do wind up going to grad school, most often in the life sciences or med school. The focus at Tulane is more on biomolecular engineering so many graduates go into the pharmaceutical industry, but employers from petrochemical, materials and other sectors routinely recruit Tulane students. While recruiters come from all over the U.S, and abroad, the largest recruitment area is the gulf coast. Interneship opportunities are excellent.