Lafayette vs. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

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<p>Lafayette vs. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo</p>

<p>Son would be Electrical and Computer Science major at Lafayette, Electrical Engineering at Cal Poly. He is from California. Marquis scholarship. (I know, they are two totally different schools.) Cal Poly SLO is highly ranked (3rd) for electrical engineering. Understanding is that Lafayette does not play the USNWR ranking games. Concern about Lafayette is that it is small and lesser known in California if son decides to work in California. Son has visited both. Likes both. Cal Poly would probably take 5 years to finish, Lafayette 4. All advice welcome! Thanks in advance. </p>

<p>How have Lafayette engineering grads fared the last two years? </p>

<p>How hard for son to get west coast job with degree from small east coast school?</p>

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<p>My son had a similar decision two years ago. He ended up choosing Lafayette (with a Marquis scholarship) over UCLA, UCSD, and UCSB for Mechanical Engineering. He decided that he loved the atmosphere of a small liberal arts college. He’s still there so I don’t have information about graduates but he is leaning towards grad school and would eventually like to come back to California.</p>