<p>Hello fellow friends!
My husband is transferring to an engineering public school and he now needs to find a safety school for Engineering Physics. We'd really appreciate your sage advice.</p>
<p>So far he is applying to:</p>
<p>UIUC
UCSD
Penn State
UW Madison
Ohio State</p>
<p>We were thinking of Oregon State, U of Arizona, or U of Minn. Location isn't a factor compared to choosing the best research institution. Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Cost constraints? State of residency?</p>
<p>A safety must be affordable.</p>
<p>He is a Georgia resident and unfortunately there are no accredited EP degrees in Ga. He has the GI bill so the difference between In state and out of state will have to be paid. So, we think those choices are affordable. Any thoughts to that?</p>
<p>You’re married, presumably you want to stay together. If you’re going to work then you want to go to somewhere where there are jobs, so keep that in mind.</p>
<p>Is accreditation important? Michigan has an engineering physics program but it’s not accredited, I don’t think that’s a big deal. Additionally, if it’s going to save you money it seems like he might as well major in Physics and just add some Math and EE or whatever to make it more like an Engineering Physics major. There’s not really a specific job that goes hand-in-hand with Engineering Physics, so the distinction between it and just “Physics” isn’t really important.</p>
<p>Stony Brook offers an engineering science degree (though somewhat materials oriented), and its out-of-state cost is not as high as most others.
[SUNY</a> Stony Brook :: Materials Science and Engineering](<a href=“http://www.matscieng.sunysb.edu/undergraduate.html]SUNY”>http://www.matscieng.sunysb.edu/undergraduate.html)</p>
<p>He may have more in-state tuition options as a veteran:
[In-State</a> Tuition](<a href=“http://www.studentveterans.org/what-we-do/in-state-tuition.html]In-State”>http://www.studentveterans.org/what-we-do/in-state-tuition.html)</p>
<p>However, “safety” also needs to consider academic credentials, mainly his grades in his current college courses (particularly important prerequisites like math and physics).</p>
<p>‘There are no accredited Engineering Physics degree programs in Georgia.’</p>
<p>That may be the case literally, but there certainly are several Georgia public colleges where you can major in physics. Add in summer school at a college that offers Statics, Dynamics and Fluid Mechanics and you can cobble together an EP major that is very much like that offered at other schools, can’t you?</p>
<p>I have checked into Stony Brook but I just didn’t find much feedback on them. I’ll have to look more into that. </p>
<p>He’s currently a Sophmore in his university and his GPA dropped due to a horrible professor. It was a 3.9. Most of his math and physics classes were A’s before that one class. His transfer essay seems really good and I hope that’s enough? I really don’t have any experience and will take all the help I can get. </p>
<p>He really likes the idea of moving to Oregon. Does anyone know how good that school is? Again Thanks!</p>
<p>Georgia Tech has an Applied Sciences degree but it’s not ABET accredited. Is that a possibilty still? Perhaps UGA is a possibility for a physics degree. Thanks, that is very helpful.</p>
<p>Yes, we’re married so we will stay together and we were interested in Michigan, but it seemed too expensive for us to consider. If the program being accredited isn’t a big deal then I know he’d like to go to GT. Would it feasible to get an Applied Science/ or Physics degree, and then go to an accredited program for his masters?</p>
<p>OSU’s campus is quite nice. The engineering department has a good reputation and has a well developed coop program (mecop). They also have an honors college that can be entered upon admission or at any time while an OSU student. Unlike many schools where the honors college doesn’t translate well for engineering, OSU does. There are engineering classes in the honors college.</p>
<p>If you’re looking West, Utah has a good program too and is less money. Additionally, you can get in state tuition at Utah after living there 12 months.</p>
<p>You could do worse. Good luck!</p>
<p>Interesting side note: Oregon State is one of only two schools to have the four designations: Land Grant, Sea Grant, Space Grant and Sun Grant.</p>
<p>Not a public school, but Embry-Riddle has an ABET accredited [Engineering</a> Physics](<a href=“http://catalog.erau.edu/daytona-beach/arts-sciences/bachelors/engineering-physics/]Engineering”>B.S. in Engineering Physics < Daytona Beach campus catalog, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University) program - BS, MS, and PhD. </p>
<p>Admittance difficulty would be similar to University of Arizona, ASU, and Oregon State.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone! My husband says he wants to keep with the EP degree since it’s a professional degree. The In State Tuition link was a great help and has changed our options since we need to go what’s paid for. We will have to put OSU on the list. Thanks for the advice and for putting up with a non-engineer!</p>
<p>Engineering physics is not a professional degree.</p>
<p>What do you mean?</p>