Hi, Can anyone talk about and give insight into the Engineering Dept and Program? My D has been accepted with a generous scholarship which makes Miami attractive. The marketing materials she’s received have been impressive but not with regard to engineering. If I google “Miami University engineering” not much comes up. We’re going to accepted students day next weekend. Any info on the engineering program, department, professors, students, etc would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
@Aeg203 - My son is graduating in May with a degree in bioengieering/ME minor. He has received a fine education at Miami. He was fortunate enough to be selected after his freshman year into the Lockheed Martin Leadership Institutes. This has meant more work (an extra 2 credits a semester) but he has really enjoyed it. https://miamioh.edu/cec/_files/documents/lockheed/brochure-2014/index2.html
For the most part, his professors have been very good and he has been able to do research with a professor who specializes in 3D printing of tissue scaffolding. Based on a couple of visits, the facilities are also first rate. There are around 2000 engineering students. My son has now been admitted in to masters programs at both UC San Diego and Georgia Tech, tied for second overall by US News in graduate biomedical engineering.
The downsides of Miami, as I see them. It’s not as big a name brand as some of the Big 10 engineering schools and fewer big companies visit Miami’s career fair.
Good luck to your daughter. This is an exciting time. Our Miami son is our second engineering student. His older brother studied aerospace engineering at Texas A&M and is now a PhD student at Michigan. Our youngest son will graduate in December with a materials engineering degree from Iowa State. Overall, mom and dad visited 21 colleges.
In Ohio, Ohio State is king for engineering, and Case Western has a great reputation. A lot of people think of Miami University as the teachers and nursing college, but I know it also has a good reputation in accounting and business. Texas A&M is a ranked engineering program. Miami U in Ohio is more of a humanities, business and social sciences college, by reputation. Still could be very good teaching in engineering, though but may be tough to get into say masters for CS or engineering at U of Michigan with a Miami U undergrad education, its just not beefy enough for some masters program requirements.
@Coloradomama - I don’t know what you mean by “beefy.” Miami’s engineering programs are all ABET accredited. “ABET accreditation is proof that a collegiate program has met standards essential to produce graduates ready to enter the critical fields of STEM education. Graduates from an ABET-accredited program have a solid educational foundation and are capable of leading the way in innovation, emerging technologies, and in anticipating the welfare and safety needs of the public.” Essentially, engineering education is pretty uniform across the country. There is no reason why a solid Miami student with good recommendations, research experience, GPA, and GRE scores could not be accepted into the top masters programs in the country. As I posted above, my Miami bioengineering senior has been accepted into two of the top three biomedical masters engineering programs in the US. Miami’s engineering program is growing rapidly. There were just 1100 engineering students in 2010. In 2018, that number had almost doubled, to over 2100 students.
As I also stated above, Miami is not the brand name that Ohio State or the large Big 10 engineering schools are. In contrast to getting into a graduate program, Miami is not as well known to employers as the traditional large engineering schools.
@Coloradomama the “teaching” to which you may be referring is the fact that “Miami is distinguished by a faculty who love to teach and mentor students. In fact, the 2019 U.S. News & World Report rankings recognize Miami as the #3 university in the U.S. in the category of “Strong Commitment to Undergraduate Teaching.”
And. Princeton is #1. So, that’s not exactly vegetarian.
Miami is arguably the top public university in Ohio. If you ask 100 people, 50 will say Miami, 50 will say Ohio State. It’s really more of a question of fit than academics. Ohio State is enormous. Miami feels like a small liberal arts college. And I have never heard anyone refer to it as a “nurses and teachers college”, although if the school is turning out graduates who want to go into those professions then you know Miami is doing something right! Personally, I know tons of Miami grads who are doctors, lawyers, executives and even a graduate who runs a large private equity fund. It’s one of the strongest public universities in the country without a doubt.
@Beaudreau Thanks for the helpful info! Your son, I should say sons, have all done very well for themselves. Thanks in no small part to parents who are willing and able to visit so many schools.
We were at Make It Miami yesterday. Busy day. Everyone very nice but each session short.
Thank you all for posting and helping with my question. Coming home today from Make It Miami. It was a whirlwind day! D has Miami, Pitt, UConn, and Maryland and BU on her narrowed down list. Not much time left and lots of indecision.
@Aeg203 - You are welcome! Those are great options. Your daughter will do great, regardless.