<p>I am thinking about going to Drexel or northeastern for engineering because of the co-op. Is the co-op really worth it because I looked on the top salary potential schools for engineering and Drexel nor northeastern were not on it. </p>
<p>Hearing about co-op makes it seem like it would be very hard to find a job after college. How easy is it to get a job in engineering if you go to like Lehigh or Georgia tech?</p>
<p>Georgia Tech has what most people consider to be the top Co-Op program in the country. It is simply not mandatory.</p>
<p>As far as value, these days as an engineer you need at least one and preferably two semesters of relevant work experience to be competitive on the job market. </p>
<p>As far as finding a job in engineering from Georgia Tech - that’s by far the top school of the ones listed. You’ll have no problem finding a job with a degree from there. If you’re in the top half of your class and have a semester of internship or co-op experience, you will almost certainly receive multiple offers and have your choice of companies and locations.</p>
<p>What kind of engineering are you interested in? I don’t know about Lehigh but this here is some information GA Tech has posted on their website.</p>
<p>[Georgia</a> Institute of Technology :: Salary Reports](<a href=“Georgia Tech | External Redirect Landing Page”>Georgia Tech | External Redirect Landing Page)</p>
<p>You can select engineering and look at the stats there, pretty impressive if you ask me. I am considering transferring to GA Tech next semester. Good Luck!</p>
<p>RIT is also a respected engineering co-op school.</p>
<p>I want to go into the field of green energy so maybe environmental engineering or mechanical. It just seems like it would be very hard to get a job if I didn’t do co-op. I have been researching Georgia-Tech and it doesn’t really seem like a great place. Anybody have any comments on georgia tech work load, atmosphere, teachers?</p>
<p>lol. Not a great place? Georgia Tech used to be a weedout school (high acceptance rate, low graduation rate), so there are thousands of people on the internet that turn their rage at failing out into negative reviews blamed on poor teachers, massive workloads, no social life, etc - basically blaming everyone but themselves. This is compounded by the fact that GT has no “easy” majors. If you keep failing Calculus at UIUC, you can transfer to Communications, or Education, or Journalism, or even qualify to be a professional pilot. At GT, you can go to Business (which is a top tier program and difficult in its own right) or transfer to somewhere else. People who transfer out (rather than downgrading to another major within the college) are more bitter about their own failings.</p>
<p>The school has changed over the last 10 years and has seen a massive drop in admission rate (from 70% to 48%) along with an increase in graduation rate (now over 70%, which is better than most first tier engineering schools).</p>
<p>The work load is no more difficult than any other comparable school, the teachers are fine, and the atmosphere is good.</p>
<p>Lehigh engineering is among the best in the Northeast/Atlantic area and its engineering undergraduates seem to have plenty of success in located good jobs…</p>
<p>here is some info:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www4.lehigh.edu/Media/Website%20Resources/pdf/admissions/LU_placementsummary09.pdf[/url]”>http://www4.lehigh.edu/Media/Website%20Resources/pdf/admissions/LU_placementsummary09.pdf</a></p>
<p>USNWR Undergraduate Engineering Rankings</p>
<h1>4 — Georgia Tech</h1>
<h1>36 – Lehigh</h1>
<h1>52 – Drexel</h1>
<h1>56 – Northeastern</h1>
<p>how is the lehigh engineering co-op? Does it compare nicley to big co-op programs like NEU or drexel?</p>