Engineering Universities to consider.

College Search & Selection
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I have been accepted in 8 universities for engineering but I am an International student. Out of these universities which are good or great and nationally respected

  1. Texas a&m
    2)University of Minnesota twin cities
    3)Arizona State
    4)Iowa State
    5)Ohio State
    6)Purdue
    7)University Of California Riverside and Irvine
    8)Penn state

just rank them according to your opinion
Thanks

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Those are all good schools! Congratulations!

One of my cousins went to Texas A&M for something along the lines of physics or engineering, and he said the program was great! It gave him a “leg up” in my opinion. I’ve also heard particularly good things about Arizona State University and Purdue. I honestly can’t speak much for the others. Good luck! No matter where you go, I’m sure you’ll perform spectacularly! (:

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All are nationally respected for engineering. Look up ABET accreditation for them. Perhaps the question should be which are most respected in your country?

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Also, check whether you have direct admission into your major at each school. If not, check how difficult it will be to enter your major.

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@Ss8792 Texas a&m is very good, any UC is very good (I’d pick Irvine over Riverside), Purdue is good, Arizona State is good. Not so sure about the rest of the list.

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Flying in from out of the country, some of these will be much easier to access than others. Take a look at transportation and connections by flight, etc.
Congratulations!

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does any body no about iowa state ? or umn twin cities

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First, eliminate the schools that you’re not direct admit into engineering. Besides that, they’re all pretty similar.

Assuming you’re admitted into engineering, my top 3 would be:
Texas A&M
Purdue
UC Irvine

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Purdue seems to be the favorite with internationals and is the top ranked program on your list. TAMU is also excellent and is located in the best state for jobs. I would also consider OSU - read up on it. UMN for chemical engineering, not so much for others. Penn State is a favorite for recruiters but a bit isolated. Irvine has ties with JPL. On your list lowest ranked are ISU, ASU, and UC Riverside. You have an excellent group to choose from!

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Texas A&M and Purdue do not direct admit to any specific engineering major. They admit to first year pre-engineering, and students need to apply to specific engineering majors later (college GPA is important in admission to specific engineering majors).

https://engineering.tamu.edu/academics/advisors-procedures/entry-to-a-major
https://engineering.purdue.edu/ENE/Academics/FirstYear/T2M

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@ucbalumnus @TooOld4School @insanedreamer
are ISU and UMN TC not respected ?
they are also in the top engineering universities in America on various rankings
what if I go into these universities they are less expensive than the others too

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Reread post #2.

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@Ss8792 as @“Erin’s Dad” said, they’re all respected and ABET accredited. You’ll get a fine education and opportunities at UMN and ISU.
If you can go to UMN for less than Purdue and cost is important, then go ahead. Or, if you’re direct admit to ISU for engineering (if they direct admit, I didn’t check) and you don’t want to have to stress over whether you’ll get into engineering at TA&M or Purdue (which as @ucbalumnus pointed out, don’t direct admit), then go with ISU.
But if cost is similar, and you’re admitted to pre-engineering, and your confident you can get the GPA needed to get admitted to your specific major (EE I believe), then go with TAMU or Purdue.
As someone mentioned, OSU is quite good too for engineering - I’d maybe even pick it over UCI.

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Since you don’t have any bad choices, I’d consider these items:

  1. Quality of your fellow students -You are probably going to get more out of a smarter peer group.
  2. Location - do you want a small, mid-sized or urban campus? Some cities are much more fun than others.
  3. Weather - UMN is cold. TAMU is warm. Others are in between.
  4. Research - How involved are undergrads in research? Is that of interest to you?
  5. Networking - very important for jobs later. Where do you plan to live? If some of the universities have more students from your home country that may be advantageous.
  6. Cost - How tight is your budget?
  7. Summer jobs and internships - which gives you the best access?
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All nine of the schools you list are respectable for their ABET-accredited engineering programs. Consider the following:

  1. Cost.
  2. Whether you have direct admission to your desired engineering major; if not, how difficult will it be to enter your desired engineering major?
  3. If employers in your country of citizenship or residency are heavily concerned about school prestige, how well respected are the schools to those employers?
  4. Academic options and electives within your desired engineering major.
  5. Faculty research interests within the department of your desired engineering major.
  6. Any other factors you consider important.