<p>I'm thinking about going to a cal state for civil engineering. Some of my options include SJSU, SDSU, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal Poly SLO, Sacramento State and CSU Fullerton. Does anyone know how the facilities are for these engineering colleges? Like how old and how up to date the classrooms and labs are?</p>
<p>You should visit to see for yourself. Sac state has older looking facilities but their student engineering groups win competitions with more ‘prestigious’ schools.</p>
<p>The two Cal Polys entered the ASCE Concrete Canoe Competition:
[url=<a href=“http://www.asce.org/concretecanoe/basic_cy.aspx?id=25769809740]2012”>http://www.asce.org/concretecanoe/basic_cy.aspx?id=25769809740]2012</a> Overall Results | American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)<a href=“so%20did%20UNR”>/url</a></p>
<p>My son applied in 2010 as a CE major. Of those on your list, he was accepted to CSULB, CSUF, CPP and SDSU. All are ABET accredited, so you would take pretty much the same classes at each school. Their accredidation reports can be found online. With the exception of CSUF, all were rated reasonably similar because their programs have been around a really long time. The big hurdle for CE majors is Statics class. This class comes after 3 levels of calculus and two semesters of physics. Students who love the CE classes, but couldn’t pull off the math/physics usually switch to construction engineering management.</p>
<p>CPP labs were awesome. They graduate the most CE’s per year over any other school in California. The program is extremely well organized, but it is heavily impacted - tougher to get in and complete on time. The eng dept hosts an annual eng open house - he went junior and senior year; the info provided through faculty presentations and tours was levels above the others. The downside, program-wise, for my son, was that his second choice major (construction engineering management), which he ended up switching to two years in, was only offered as a technology major, in a different school (architecture, if I remember correctly). </p>
<p>He did not tour SDSU, so I can’t say anything about the facilities. The program gets a lot of local backing, the AGC is based out of San Diego, but UCSD offers a structural engineering major (you’d be competing with them for jobs in you want to work in San Diego after graduating). They do offer a CEM engineering degree. Their CEM degree has a bit higher rating, due to having to take higher level engineering classes. Their CEM program is small, but they are backed buy a local GC and have their own internship administrator. All majors at SDSU are impacted.</p>
<p>My son chose CSULB because CE was not impacted at the time, it’s in LA (which has over 12,000 Professional CEs vs SD county which has 3,000 = more job opportunities) and their CEM degree is in the eng school. Class sizes are small. All classes in the major have an activity/lab that accompanies it. Though the labs are older, they are more than adequate. At the open house, a CE prof stated that they are more hands-on than where he got his CE degree, UCI. There is plenty of tutoring available. They have a lot of CE club participation beyond the standard ASCE stuff. For example, they have a BIM club. I can’t remember how many CE’s they graduate. He switched to CEM after two years. They graduate 30 per year. All but a few had jobs by the time they graduated because there is a mandatory internship requirement. You can do this during your school year because the companies are nearby. Internships are not hard to get.</p>
<p>CSUF was, at one time, thinking of closing it’s eng school. I would look at CSUN instead. It has an excellent CE reputation. SLO was my son’s top choice.</p>
<p>Thanks So Much otc2010! Great Feedback for all my schools. So CSUF is a bad option? Its engineering program does seem very limited but the new dorms and good location are attractive. and did your son make it into SLO? Northridge is not a very ideal location for me (I live in Vegas) so I rather go to fullerton than northridge.</p>
<p>Poly SLO is king. Sold Rep. Great college town. 10 minures from the beach. An hour from Silicon Valley for a good internship job. C’mon easy choice. After that its Poly Pom.</p>
<p>DJBoom,
No, he did not get into SLO. Be aware that all CSU’s will have a higher eligibility index if you are coming from out-of-state.</p>
<p>@sosomenza, SLO sounds like a legit college where everyone lives on campus but the location is a bit isolated and flights out of the airport aren’t frequent. How would i go between SLO and Vegas for the breaks?</p>
<p>@Otc2010, oh i know, OOS eligibility for cal state starts at 3500-something. I’m confident my index would push 4000 by the end of my junior year this june.</p>
<p>sosomenza I agree with you on all that but its definitely more than an hour away. More like 3-4 lol.</p>
<p>My son loved CP SLO, is accepted, and it is in his top 2/3 along with VA Tech and NC State.</p>
<p>The facilities are not a state of art as NC State but I thought they were modern.
They have a hands on approach to learning.</p>
<p>SLO is rated 18 nationwide by recruiters (Wall Street Journal).
They said 250 companies come to their job fair.</p>
<p>We liked the school, its reputation, and its vibe.</p>
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<p>More like 3 hours driving from SLO to San Jose. Airline flights from SLO to San Jose do not appear to have much, if any, in the way of non-stop offerings.</p>
<p>However, Cal Poly SLO has a good reputation among recruiters, so it is well recruited at.</p>