I think that a student could do meaningful research at either school and would have a strong undergraduate experience at either school. Even though they are ranked in different categories with regards to doctoral programs, we aren’t talking giant institutions like Penn State or Illinois. MO S&T has 6000 undergrads and 7500 students overall. Rose has 2000 undergrads. They are much more alike than they are different. Both schools have great reputations for producing well prepared undergrads. The differences will be intangibles at the margins. Only the OP’s student will know which of those are important to them. My point is that rankings should matter very little as they are in different categories, and they don’t speak to the student experience at all, either while in school or for placement after.
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