<p>I live in Oklahoma. I'm thinking about going to the University of Oklahoma to get a bachelor's degree in engineering and probably work in Oklahoma. I have the money to go out of state to a maybe-better school, but I think I want to save it. </p>
<p>How is OU's engineering school, and is it much worse than some of the top-ranked engineering schools?</p>
<p>In other words, should I spend the extra money going to an out of state college?</p>
<p>OU is a good school. There's another thread about this, but I don't think there is a lot of difference between OU and other, higher ranked institutions. In my opinion, most students would be better off with a chaper in-state school than an expensive out-of-state one. But there's a lot of factors that need to be considered.</p>
<p>Depends on what other engineering major you choose. If you go for petroleum or industrial, OU is quite good. For other traditional majors OU is pretty mediocre. I compare my workload with people I know who attend OU in my major and it's slightly ridiculous how much less they have to work for a better grade. I think I would have been a sophomore starting out if I had gone to OU.</p>
<p>Honestly, for engineering I would go with TU over OU, but the athletics alone are a big plus, right?:P</p>
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<p>and there is your answer. Save your money and stay at home.</p>
<p>I too would say that unless you can get into a MUCH better school, like an MIT or Stanford, I'd probably just go to OU and pocket the money.</p>
<p>I live in Oklahoma too.
If youre looking at MechEng or Aerospace, I would say go to Oklahoma State. They rock at those, and its in-state.</p>
<p>There have been many topics like this on CC, and from my observation it looks like it doesn’t really matter as long as you graduate from an ABET-accredited school.</p>
<p>isn’t oky state the flagship engineering school in that state?</p>
<p>I visited the engineering department at OU. It was a very friendly atmosphere. Norman looked like a great college town. However, I’ve also heard good things about OkState engineering.</p>