Florida Institute of Technology, Embry Riddle, or University of Miami for Mech. Engineering BS? HELP

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<p>I’ve gotten into all of these colleges. Price is not really an issue but I want to make sure than I go to the best program. Which one of these school would be best for a mechanical engineering BS? Please help soon!</p>

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<p>FIT and Embry-Riddle are both very good schools for engineering. U Miami’s strengths are not in engineering, but their programs are nonetheless solid.</p>

<p>Ultimately, you should go to whichever school you feel offers the best environment for you. </p>

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<p>But for mechanical engineering, could you tell me which would be best?</p>

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<p>FIT’s ME program is (much?) bigger than Embry-Riddle’s.</p>

<p>The following link will show the total higher education R&D expenditures in engineering for 2011 (latest data available). </p>

<p>In Engineering (overall), Embry-Riddle is #159, U-Miami is #182, while FIT is #224. However, FIT’s expenditures in ME is far greater than the other two schools. In fact, almost all of Embry-Riddles is in Aeronautical/Astronautical engineering. However, keep in mind that ME’s would also work on Aero type research.</p>

<p>None of which would replace cost and fit. Have you visited any of the schools? If not, you really should, if possible.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf13325/pdf/tab29.pdf”>http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf13325/pdf/tab29.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>It is true that most of Embry-Riddle’s students are in Aerospace Engineering, but their Mechanical Engineering program is certainly no slouch. </p>

<p>The bigger issue here is going to be cost and overall fit. Nitpicking between the two schools is going to be pointless as both ME programs are very good.</p>

<p>[Embry-Riddle</a> ME Curriculum](<a href=“http://catalog.erau.edu/daytona-beach/engineering/bachelors/mechanical-engineering/]Embry-Riddle”>B.S. in Mechanical Engineering < Daytona Beach campus catalog, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University)</p>

<p>[FIT</a> ME Curriculum](<a href=“http://www.fit.edu/programs/7131/bs-mechanical-engineering/curriculum]FIT”>http://www.fit.edu/programs/7131/bs-mechanical-engineering/curriculum)</p>

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<p>Thank you both very much, I think all that will be left is a final visit to both schools.</p>