<p>Hello, I am new to college confidential. So please excuse me if I posted this in the wrong area. I am at a community college and going to be finished up here this semester. I was planning on transferring to University of North Dakota in the fall of 2014 (I am from North Dakota). I have a cousin that is the vice president of an oil company and is working in North Dakota as of now. Finding out That UND is not abet accredited (they get tested in 2015 for accreditation) and they seem to just be handing out PtE degrees like hot cakes makes me worried to go there. The only reason I would go there is because I could get done quickly (2 years vs 3 years at out of state) and work for my cousin. If my cousin moves on before he would hire me would I be screwed having a crap degree from UND and not being able to get a job because of the the rise of petroleum engineers? I applied to University of Oklahoma, Texas Tech, and CSM for out of state and I do not know what to do? Thanks for any advise!</p>
<p>Try also posting on the Engineering Majors forum, members there may have more information about various degrees and employment.</p>
<p>Thank you, I will do that. </p>
<p>We could help you a bit more if we knew your GPA and other things like that. Have you looked into schools like UT Austin, Texas A&M, etc? I’ve heard they are great for PtE but I’m no expert.</p>
<p>I have a 3.77 GPA. I did not consider UT Austin or Texas A&M because of the unlikeliness of not getting admitted to there programs. I know CSM has a very good program and both my cousins went there for PtE, but there very expensive. My main question really is what do you think about just getting done in two years from a non abet school (UND) or going out of state and finish up in three years?</p>