Im looking to major in mechE or EE. Just visited JHU, loved that it was medium sized with strong engineering program and still had a campus feel and many other reputable departments. Can anyone suggest schools of similar character and academic level? They can be public or private. Thank you!
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
U of Rochester
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Case Western Reserve University
Illinois Institute of Technology
Vanderbilt University
U of Wisconsin-Madison
U of Michigan
U of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Northwestern University
this list may give you some idea…
http://www.theaitu.org/
Northwestern
I’d add Cal Poly to the list. It’s a tough admit though for ME. It was about 10% for the class just admitted.
Really tenon lumpen of these schoolsentioned so far that is similar to Johns Hopkins is Northwestern, Case Western Reserve, and perhaps Vanderbilt (I don’t remember how big it is off the top of my head). JHU is a major (and also the first ever) research university. It doesn’t focus primarily on engineering but still has a strong department.
I’d throw in Princeton and Cornell as well. Washington University in St. Louis would be similar in many respects, especially its strength in the biological and medical fields to compleat its engineering. Rice would also be similar. Perhaps Duke as well.
“Just visited JHU, loved that it was medium sized with strong engineering program and still had a campus feel and many other reputable departments.”
I expanded beyond the usual suspects because the OP seemed to be referencing a very specific set of qualities, none of which are typically associated with the graduate side of JHU. By your definition, Poly certainly would not belong. Graduate research, in fact research of any kind doesn’t appear to be one of the qualities they actually care about though. They’ll have to clarify. In fact, by their definition, there are probably lots of good comparisons.
They way I was considering it originally, only comparing schools to JHU by the name and mission, I’d probably only include, Wash U, Case, and Vandy. They are all small to medium privates, with reasonable engineering and associated with massive medical programs.
I’m just impressed you could read my half-asleep phone typos.
At any rate, he didn’t mention research specifically, of course, but that factor is pretty ingrained in JHU. Contrary to some opinions, research can absolutely be beneficial to undergraduates as well if they decide they’d like to participate. That can be a very good hands-on learning experience. The catch is just that you have to have the motivation to seek out positions yourself most of the time.
How about University of Rochester?
@eyemgh thank you for your feedback, I did like the research aspect of JHU, but i didnt want to hold that as a must for the other schools. The schools didnt have to be known for medical programs, but I do like all of those schools too. With this in mind, do you have any other suggestions?
@smokinact What do you like about Rochester?
@Happysteve, there are so many good schools out there, you’ll have to give a little more guidance. So far we have small to medium, other majors besides engineering, research might be important. Rural/suburban/urban? Region of the country? Non-academic activities (thus is very important and too frequently overlooked)? Weather? Price?
WashU and Vanderbilt don’t have strong engineering programs; they also don’t have “many reputable departments” like JHU has.
Cornell, Northwestern, Princeton, and Stanford are the midsized ones with many reputable departments and strong engineering programs.
I think you may have just shown that you don’t know a whole lot about Vanderbilt and WashU.
^You are being a bit rude. If you disagree, you should write down the facts or stats to back up your position.
I know enough that they are not on par with JHU in terms of the range of highly ranked and reputable programs. Please check the variety of published rankings out there as you wish. That the two have strong medical schools and BME doesn’t change my assessment; the OP already indicated that EE & ME are his intended majors and that the quality of medical school does not matter.
@Happysteve - University of Rochester has a good engineering program (Optical Engineering is renowned) and the school itself is a mid-sized research university with a high level of academics overall. The campus is beautiful but it can get cold and snowy in Rochester.