<p>I was just wondering, as my title suggests, if Trinity is regarded less highly than Pratt both at Duke and from an employer's perspective. My only reason for thinking this is the general feel on the forums that suggest that this is the case. Can anyone clarify? Thanks.</p>
<p>No. Trinity is definitely not inferior to Pratt in students’ or administration’s eyes. In terms of employment, many Trinity majors land high-earning jobs straight out of Duke or go on to professional graduate schools (which will later result in high income). Although engineers have higher starting initial salary and more employment opportunities with a bachelor degree, Trinity graduates often go on to professional schools, which may explain why it is less regarded. Also, what major you earn can also influence your future earning potential, which might also contribute to the biased you mentioned, since Trinity has many majors with lower earning potential. </p>
<p>I may be wrong, but most of the more active posters on CC are Pratt students, which may explain the biased “general feel” you get from these forums.</p>
<p>If anything, I would think it would be the other way around, as it is with most top 15 schools. (ie:Columbia, Penn, etc).</p>
<p>^ Yes I agree with above. Pratt is still very much a small, niche engineering school. People probably won’t know it or know it well outside of the field. Duke’s reputation was basically made by Trinity so I’d say it probably carries more general prestige (if someone was to differentiate between Pratt and Trinity). Not that it matters because most people probably don’t know Duke has two undergrad schools. Pratt=Trinity=Duke for all intents and purposes.</p>
<p>I agree with the above. It doesn’t matter. Duke = Trinity + Pratt = all the same. The only difference is what you study, not the prestige or program strengths.</p>
<p>thanks for clearing that up :)</p>