<p>This student needs to understand that with 50 states in the US, there aren’t just 25 or so schools with good engineering. </p>
<p>The state of Calif alone has over 25 colleges with very good eng’g. </p>
<p>engineering isn’t some unique or odd discipline that is difficult for an established univ to have a very good program. Virtually every state flagship has a very good accredited program. And, nearly every state has multiple colleges that offer very good programs.</p>