<p>Apparently the University of North Dakota now has a PetE program. It doesn't seem to be ABET accredited yet, but does anybody have any info on the quality of the program? How much does being in North Dakota make it attractive?</p>
<p>I seriously don’t think it matters whether it is accredited or not right now. There are so many jobs around the area that you are guaranteed work.</p>
<p>Some jobs and scholarships require ABET accreditation. UND’s petE program is new so it will be a while before they are accredited but they have to have petE graduates to be accredited. Once they are ABET accredited, previous graduates will be retroactively accredited degrees to.</p>
<p>My thought is that the location will make UND very attractive for field engineer type positions with service companies like Halliburton, Baker Hughes, Schlumberger, etc. while the newness and lack of established reputation will make it less attractive for head office reservoir engineer positions.</p>
<p>As far as accreditation goes, I don’t believe ABET will accredit a program until a degree has been awarded. I don’t expect them to turn down UND for accreditation and once the paperwork goes through prior degrees will be retroactively accredited.</p>
<p>Just my best guess. Maybe somebody else can speak from experience.</p>
<p>I see as of now the program isnt ABET accredited but all their other engineering degrees are so I dont think it will be a problem. You can even do the engineering degrees online now so long as you have the lower level stuff like Calc and Physics done local. You have just to go to UND in summer for a little while to do labs.</p>
<p>Will the online degree be accepted or will it be laughed at by most employers?</p>
<p>This is an old thread, my man.</p>