Outside of the Ivy leagues and top Tech schools(CalTech/MIT), what are some schools known for their engineering w/ great OOS financial aid? I’m from Nevada, and the top schools here are UNLV and UNR. I could easily get into those two but I am strongly opposed to going there. I am interested in Electrical, Civil, Nuclear, and structural engineering. A great financial aid system for OOS is a priority for me, whilst also having a decent Engineering program. What schools with those two traits have a higher rate of acceptance (are easier to get into in general), as opposed to Caltech, Harvey Mudd, MIT, etc.
Look at the WUE schools - New Mexico, Wyoming, Utah, South Dakota Mines.
For me the WUE schools would all qualify as safety schools. I’m looking for schools within the caliber of like Colorado School of Mines, University of Washington, maybe Cal Poly SLO
SLO offers not financial aid for OOS students. You would be full pay at about $40K/year.
What do you mean by “great financial aid system?” Have you already determined your EFC? Do you have financial need as defined by FAFSA?
Lehigh engineering is good and they have good fin aid
So you want a decent engineering program not terribly difficult to gain admission. What is your budget and what is your EFC?
Texas Tech, Florida State, Oklahoma State, Kansas, Oklahoma , Nebraska, West Virginia. Iowa State, Alabama, Mississippi
WUE schools don’t really give financial aid. WUE schools are mostly for affluent families willing to pay 150% plus Room board, etc.
Tell us more…
What are your stats?
How much will your family pay each year?
Is your family income low? Modest (under 60k), middle income 60k-100k, high middle 100k-200k,? What?
<<<< Colorado School of Mines, University of Washington, maybe Cal Poly SLO<<<
None of those would give OOS financial aid and wouldn’t give much/any merit either…
Unfortunately quality engineering schools don’t need to give great FA/Merit money to fill their classes with quality applicants, however for the very top stat students 36 ACT and 4.0 UW there are merit scholarships available but they are extremely competitive. These scholarships are the ones they use to lure top students away from other quality institutions and are very limited.
The best of the two, if you qualify, Olin and Coopers. I think they are tuition free.
Also you can get a full ride at UAB
Olin and Cooper are NOT tuition free. Olin offers half scholarship, but cost of attendance can still be around $40k. Cooper probably the same. Both are NOT easy to get into. Olin’s acceptance rate has been less than 10% the past two years.
University of Toledo
http://www.utoledo.edu/admission/freshman/scholarships/2017/
@NoVADad99
Thank for the correction, at least in the past when I was looking at it several years ago for my D it was free.
@artloversplus Yes. They had to stop giving the full scholarship after their endowment took a big hit in the 2008 crash.
You really need to state your stats and EFC. Can you even afford OOS R&B?
Cornell, Northwestern, Tufts, Vanderbilt, Johns Hopkins, and USC are private schools with well-regarded engineering programs and good need-based aid. They are very selective but less so than MIT and Caltech. Bucknell, Case Western, URochester and Union College are another notch down in selectivity.
Don’t overlook your own state flagship.
Many state flagships have strong engineering programs. They don’t typically offer great need-based financial aid to OOS students, but even their OOS sticker prices are lower than the top private schools (although not necessarily by enough to compete with a very large FA package.)