<p>A semester abroad may be difficult as an engineering major, due to sequenced prerequisites including courses unique to one’s main school.</p>
<p>But summer job or co-op job opportunities may exist in other areas of the country. Seeking such opportunities may be the best way as an engineering major to “sample” living elsewhere.</p>
<p>If one really wants to study abroad as an engineering major, consider schools like HKUST, whose price for international students is close to in-state UT Austin. Obviously, the whole degree would be study abroad in this case.</p>