Hoboken is absolutely not “a dump.”
It attracts a huge number of young professionals who want the access to Manhattan without the price tag. It’s full of trendy little restaurants and has an active night life.
We visited a friend in Hoboken a few years ago, and walked by the Stevens campus. It is gorgeous!
Stevens never “lost” its OE/NA/NE accreditation as you stated. It did not have an undergrad program until about ten years ago, at which time is initiated the ABET accreditation for that program in the general engineering category. Whether accredited in the general or discipline-specific subdivision ABET accreditation retains the same significance and weight with respect to employers, government, academia, and professional engineering licensing boards.
We visited Stevens and were not impressed. Certainly a decent education but 70k+to attend. If you want a traditional campus experience it’s not for you. The engineering schools that made the best impression for overall value near our nj home were U Delaware, TCNJ and, the big surprise to us— Rowan (impressive new engineering facility and dorms and the most information filled faculty presentation that made a strong case as to why go there). We liked Lehigh and RPI also but they are pricey. U Del, TCNJ and Rowan we concluded are unbeatable for the price and overall campus experience. Rutgers huge campus and buses were deal breakers. So just to be clear, everyone on here is going to give you their two cents. Of course we hope that our son receives some merit scholarship money. However our search was focused on finding the best values in the 30 to 35K net price range (U Del is 45k out of state but son qualifies for @10k in merit aid on the net price calculator bc of his gpa and SAT. If your kid is a high achiever he or she will do great just about where ever they go. So my two cents to you is to focus on limiting debt. Also, to be clear, I am talking about comparing apples to apples which means comparing engineering programs. The graduate outcomes for Engineering Graduates from U Del TCNJ and Rowan the past few years are just as good as the engineering graduates from pricier schools such as Stevens and RPI. There seems to be an organized Stevens campaign on a number of different websites. Again Stevens is a good school but at least in my home I can’t justify the cost of Stevens when there are so many other great schools that are half the price
@nydadjets- And from reading your posts in another thread you seem to be at the organizing helm of a campaign claiming Rowan and CNJ are the equivalent of Stevens and RPI, which they are not. I won’t engage on lengthy debates on this topic, but, I assume you aren’t an engineer and thus your exposure to engineering schools consists only of campus tours. There is much, much, more to a school than just the physical plant.
In a nutshell, you cannot duplicate the record and reach of a 150 year old university in 15 years. The career outcomes are not the same between Rowan/CNJ and Stevens/Lehigh/RPI. I attended Stevens, MIT, and Rutgers and have the advantage of experiencing how different schools teach. I gather you do not. You aren’t buying a car here. Cost/debt are only part of the equation. Rowan/CNJ have an advantage over Stevens/RPI in cost only. Nothing else.
Intangibles like “traditional campus experience” or having to take a bus are gone after 4 years. Stevens is primarily a residential campus with the full compliment of campus life- it is as much a traditional experience as anywhere else particularly having the best location of any NJ school in gentrified Hoboken with New York 10 minutes away.
My feeling is that if you choose a public school Rutgers is the best choice. It has the most established program, the greatest name recognition, and the highest selectivity of NJ public institutions (but not as high as Stevens). Wish you the best whatever you choose.
@CatanAddict according to the usnews rankings this college continues to fall and is currently at 78th in engineering. There’s people who like Stevens and so to each their own but I did not see SIT as anything remotely comparing to the other schools that I visited. I’m at RPI now and am extremely happy, more than I even expected to be. If you want to save money go to any school other than SIT.
I’m gonna trash talk here…Stevens is a great school and overall is ranked 69 by USNWP as opposed to RPIs ranking of 91st. The weather and location are so much better than Rochester. DD got a great merit package from the school which brought down the price considerably and had a co op in Manhattan. To each his own of course…
Have you looked at SUNY Maritime College? It is in the Bronx. I don’t know that much about the school, but probably worth a look for your interests.
@milwaukeegirl you may be confusing RPI with RIT. RPI is in Troy, NY, and is ranked around 40th in USNWR. RIT Is in Rochester and may be ranked at 91.
@mjrube94 My bad! Am taking down comments.
My son is at Stevens and majoring in Civil Engineering.
I just wanted to share this article:
“FORBES researched and rounded up a list of the top 25 colleges where graduating students go on to earn the highest mid-career salaries, meaning they have worked for at least 10 years…Of the remaining top 10 are Stevens Institute of Technology ($100,750), Caltech ($100,100), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ($95,900), Georgetown University ($95,750), and Tufts University ($95,700).”