Good Engineering Schools?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I am a Junior in highschool and I would like to attend a good engineering school for college.
The only one I currently know of is Cooper Union.
I like in NYC so its close to home.
Are there any other nice schools in the Northeast? preferably full tutition schools.</p>

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<p>If you check out USN rankings of schools w/ engineering where bachelor's or master's is the highest degree Cooper Union in NYC and Bucknell University in PA (about 3-4 hours from NYC) are consistently ranked in the top 5 or 6 in the nation. For instance, chemical eng., Cooper is 1, Bucknell is 4, civil eng., Cooper is 4, Bucknell is 5, etc. These seem to be the main two in the NE </p>

<p>For schools where a doctorate is the highest degree you have MIT and Cornell which seem to be consistently top ranked in the NE not far from NYC.</p>

<p>Understand, I only choose schools in the NE close to NYC. And the rankings depend on which field of engineering you want to study. The above schools do not offer all, or are not as highly ranked in some fields.</p>

<p>Other good engineering schools, IMHO, not too far from (or in) NYC include U. of Penn, Johns Hopkins, Boston U, Lehigh, Penn State, Manhattan College, Columbia, RPI, etc...</p>

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<p>Purdue is a good engineering school as it Ga Tech.</p>

<p>But if you are going into aerospace engineering consider Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.</p>

<p>I am not familiar with any excellent engineering schools in NY. MIT is the closest. But that's out of most people's hands.</p>

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<p>There really aren't that many schools, engineering or otherwise, that give out full tuition scholarships to everybody. The others that I can think of are Olin in Massachusetts and the Webb Institute on Long Island.</p>

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<p>Good engineering schools in the Northeast are </p>

<p>Massachusetts Institute of Technology Engineers
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Phoenix
University of Rochester Yellowjackets
Pennsylvania State University Nittany Lions</p>

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<p>Best Northeast Engineering Schools:</p>

<p>Full Tuition - Franklin W. Olin College Of Engineering, Webb Intitute, Cooper Union, United States Military Academy, United States Merchant Marine Academy, United States Naval Academy, United States Coast Guard Academy</p>

<p>Other: Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell University, University Of Maryland - College Park, Princeton University, Columbia University, Harvard University, Pennsylvania State University - University Park</p>

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<p>Does anybody think Johns Hopkins is good for engineering? How does it compare to College Park Maryland? Thanks</p>

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<p>if a program is ABET-acredited (for engineering majors under the ABET program) you can be confident it is a decent school. After that, make your decision based on the usual criteria -- type of students it enrolls, class size, student/prof interaction, etc.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the extremely helpful info all. :)</p>

<p>Feel free to post more.</p>

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<p>Johns Hopkins is good at bioengineering and anything related to its medical fields. Maryland is good at everything else.</p>

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<p>that is what US News thinks.....but think realistically, have you ever known someone who went to johns hopkins for something other than their medical programs</p>

<p>In US News' graduate school rankings, MIT has a top 10 political science program......would you go to MIT for a graduate degree in political science??</p>

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Research-focused Johns Hopkins University is known for its highly-ranked medical programs, but other highly regarded departments, such as international studies, have boosted the school’s reputation for providing an excellent education. </p>

<p>Says one junior, “When I tell people I go to Hopkins they ask me what type of doctor I want to be. Just because we have the greatest medical school in America does not mean that's all we have to offer. As an IR major I have access to some of the greatest minds in the nation. Social sciences and humanities are often overlooked because of the great natural science reputation. We're actually top ten for a lot of humanities programs."</p>

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<p>Have I ever known someone who went to Johns Hopkins for something other than their medical program? I do. I'm a declared History of Art major/premed. I applied because I heard of their wonderful research opportunities down at the medical campus, and that their Art History program was #1 in the country.</p>

<p>To be fair, I do not know anyone who want to be an engineer major at Johns Hopkins if they were not a biomedical engineer... Other engineering majors have connects with major aerospace defence corporations that frequent us at the career fair annually. You don't here much about Hopkins engineering outside of BME.</p>

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<p>ok, I get your point</p>

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that is what US News thinks.....but think realistically, have you ever known someone who went to johns hopkins for something other than their medical programs

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Uh yeahhh obviously it's a big college and it offers a lot of majors. International Relations is also a really common major at JHU and they have a top IR program.</p>

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In US News' graduate school rankings, MIT has a top 10 political science program......would you go to MIT for a graduate degree in political science??

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You would if you wanted a graduate education in political science.</p>

<p>What an odd question.</p>

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<p>Texas universities hand out in state tuition after one semester to out of state students on merit; that very close to near free tuition. State schools in Massachusetts give free tuition to any student in the top 25% of their graduation class who goes into teaching. And, also in Mass, most all students in the top 25% of their graduation class get a John and Abigail Adams scholship of free tuitoin to a state school.</p>

<p>And the service academies and merchant marine academies are tuition free as well.</p>

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<p>If you are considering Embry-Riddle, Air Force or MIT, Olin, Webb, take a look at an up and coming gem: Daniel Webster College in New Hampshire. They were a two-year ABET engineering and ops school with an admission agreement with E-R and four other engineering schools. Four years ago they extended to 4-years Mech and Aero Engineering with a CDIO, hands on, full design cycle approach. Everything is new. They have their own airport and fleet of planes. They will be finalizing ABET cert on 4 year program summer 09. You will see this school fly to the top of the competitive ranks - like Olin - due to it's 'new engineering' approach. The published SAT scores are for the 700 undergrads as a whole - includes a lot of pilots, who ditched classes to go flying, and killed their HS stats. Ask admissions about the SATs of just the engineering students!</p>

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<p>Bump 10 char</p>