<p>does anyone know how good lehigh is for engineering??
it has a separate engineering school, right??</p>
<p>last question: how competitive is it??</p>
<p>Yes, it has a separate College of Engineering, and it is quite rigorous.</p>
<p>Yes, Lehigh is a strong engineering school, and I believe it's strongest program is Mechanical.</p>
<p>Another Patriot League school not to geographically far from Lehigh with a strong engineering program is Bucknell. I believe that Bucknell's strongest program is Chemical.</p>
<p>I don't know what your standards are, but Lehigh is ranked #47 by USNWR for undergraduate Engineering programs, so it's not exactly an elite program.</p>
<p>USNWR ranked Bucknell #3 in Civil, #3 in Chemical, #5 in Mechanical last year among schools not offering PhD programs.</p>
<p>beachy: Last year Rowan was rank #3 for ChemE. Bucknell was ranked 4th for both Civil and ChemE. (2005 survey)</p>
<p>toblin - thanks for the update - I had 2004 listing. Still, who would think such a small school in the middle of nowhere would rank consistently in the top 5 in nearly half the specialties year after year?</p>
<p>Lehigh started offering PhD programs, so they joined the rankings of schools offering PhD programs in 2005 and promptly dropped from the top 5 to the bottom of the top 50. I think this obviously shows the reputation of the schools that don't offer PhDs.</p>
<p>There's something to be said for the more personal and one-on-one education you could get at Bucknell or Lehigh.</p>
<p>I almost went to Bucknell. I got a better offer (financially) elsewhere, and what they say is true: Money talks.</p>
<p>Bucknell is a strong and reputable school. "Elite" is a term that I think gets thrown around way to much in the discussion of undergraduate programs.</p>
<p>My father got his undergraduate E E degree from Bucknell. He graduated with honors and was accepted into numerous top-notch graduate schools in multiple fields, including, but not limited to, the Ph.D. program at Carnegie Mellon in Electrical Engineering and the Divinity School at the University of Chicago for a Ph.D. in Theology.</p>
<p>Granted, reputation is important, and a school with an "elite" reputation has lots of benefits, but I think a lot of people take to much of an "elitist" view of undergraduate programs. Bucknell is strong a reputable, and will probably give you more one-on-one attention then most of the "elite" schools will. And if you excel, it can certainly open as many opportunities for you as it did for my dad. Lehigh is the same way.</p>
<p>And on an entirely different topic, from an aesthetic standpoint, the only campus I saw when I was shopping around for colleges (and I took A LOT of tours) that was prettier than Bucknell was Lehigh. They both are very "pleasant" places.</p>
<p>ps. Again, I'm not trying to say that prestige and reputation shouldn't enter into the equation when you're looking at undergraduate programs. However, I think the "elitist" perspective will serve you better if you are looking for graduate programs.</p>