<p>Is there actually any point for an engineering major to apply to a LAC? I've looked at a few that had engineering and they were very nice, but I'm worried that I won't have as valuable a degree or education from a university of equal caliber.</p>
<p>Just for the record, I'm fine with the feel of a university. I was just wondering if I should cross all the LACs off my list.</p>
<p>I think you could keep Harvey Mudd on your list as a respectable engineering degree from a LAC. If you can get in…</p>
<p>Look at the ABET accreditations. If it’s accredited, keep it on the list.
[Accredited</a> Program Search](<a href=“http://main.abet.org/aps/Accreditedprogramsearch.aspx]Accredited”>http://main.abet.org/aps/Accreditedprogramsearch.aspx)</p>
<p>If the LAC has your desired engineering major natively (i.e. not as a 3+2 program; see the ABET accreditation listings linked in #3), then it is certainly worth considering, assuming you favor or do not mind the usual LAC characteristics and trade-offs (smaller faculty led lower division courses, but smaller selection of upper division courses and usually no graduate level courses, and less attractiveness to non-local recruiters due to small size).</p>
<p>Swarthmore has engineering, fwiw.</p>
<p>It is really a matter of personal choice. If you prefer the student body and atmosphere at an LAC then take that route. Bucknell, Lafayette and Union are some eastern schools you might like.
Also consider small or medium sized universities that can give you the best of both worlds, lots of liberal arts courses/majors/students yet also an engineering school. Examples include Tufts, U. Rochester.</p>
<p>don’t goto 3+2 LAC…other ABET LAC’s are fine…</p>
<p>If your question is really “I love LACs, but I want to be an engineer, can I make it work?”, then the answer is definitely yes. As mentioned above, consider Harvey Mudd, any of the schools that are ABET accredited, crossover schools like those mentioned above, or Rice, or Rose Hulman, or Case Western. Speaking as the mom of a Harvey Mudd student, Harvey Mudd is very attractive to non-local recruiters.</p>