@BatesParent2019 the rankings don’t really change the facts. Purdue doesn’t have a strong a budget nor student body as a lot of competing engineering schools. Besides isn’t that #6 ranking from the USNWR? Which bases that off of scores given by other institutions rather than more important factors? But regardless, the rankings can’t change the facts. Purdue is a good engineering school, I’m really not trying to challenge that. I’m only stating that it’s just not the crown jewel of engineering schools that some make it out to be.
Respectfully, you don’t know what you are talking about. Purdue is a state school and has the state budget to lean on, far more than NYU will ever have. NYU is quite stretched financially which is why financial aid is so bad.
No matter which ranking you look at going back years, Purdue is always in the elite brackets.
The physical separation isn’t something I’m worried about because it’s only a difference of 15-20 minutes actually. Btw it’s not separate from NYU because NYU bought it last year. I’ve checked the engineering rankings and Purdue is ranked 48 lower than universities like UManchester, etc
Also my other question is if only the main campus of Purdue is good in engineering or if the others are equally good.
Also, the thing about NYU is that it’s overall reputation. I know you’re saying Purdue has a better reputation, but then how would that translate into NYU graduates earning more? Purdue isn’t on that Payscale list.
I really want to make the best decision possible because I have 3 weeks left to decide on Purdue. Please continue to comment.
Another thing is that I’m from India and 10 people from my school have applied to Purdue and all have gotten in. Knowing them personally I can say that they are not as good as many others in my school academically. Doesn’t this show that Purdue isn’t an exclusive University and takes in almost everyone who applies? What makes a Purdue Engineering so special and so hot among employers?
The NYU Engineering notable alumni list has better and bigger names than the Purdue Engineering alumni list btw.
The business school people at NYU did a great job here. This is a textbook example of brand management. Take a mediocre college with a famous name solely due to its location, hype it to OOS and internationals as the place to be, charge a premium price for the experience, and build your brand. Earn a decent reputation for finance and theater, thanks to your proximity to Wall Street and Broadway. Realize you’re missing engineering, a hot growth area. Buy a nearby engineering college, which was nothing particularly special on its own, and slap your brand on it. Viola, you have now have engineering. It’s still the same ordinary engineering college (not bad, but certainly nothing special) that attracted mostly commuters, but now it has a famous brand name.
Maybe Perdue is not as well known in your country, but it is an outstanding engineering school, one of the best in the world. Money certainly matters, and a $15,000 difference is significant (btw, have you factored NYC’s unbelievably high costs for everything?). Money aside, the only reason I can see preferring NYU over Perdue is if you really want to be in the big city. Note that you will be in Brooklyn, though, not Manhattan. You will literally be commuting to and from Manhattan (subway $2.75 each way or $116/month unlimited) for the main campus, dorms, and nightlife.
Are these schools your only two options?
@BatesParent2019 I realize they have the state budget to lean on, but that isn’t much. The state also has to allocate money to the other state schools. Besides Indiana doesn’t exactly have a huge coin purse. Besides a lot of private schools like MIT have much larger budgets without relying on the state. Also like I said before, students and faculty just don’t compete with other schools.
I don’t think you understood what I was trying to say. I don’t think that the rankings tell the whole story most of the time anyway, and the OP should really make a decision based on things other than rankings. Also, I’m not trying to say that NYU is a better school for engineering than Purdue is, I don’t believe that at all, only that NYU is the better choice in this situation.
Again I’d like to reiterate, I am not saying that Purdue is a bad school, I’m really not. I’m only saying that some people seem to hype it up as the end all be all engineering school when it’s just not.
No these schools or not my only options, but are only my two affordable options. Because the UCs, and other private universities that I got into have an estimated expenditure of approx. 65K. @Chardo, so will you say the same thing about all the ivies? Brand name only no substance at all? Just because they’re lower ranked than Purdue?
@KrishSC everything you’ve said is exactly why I’ve said you should choose NYU over Purdue. Purdue has the better engineering school, but everything else points to NYU. The money, the students, the reputation, everything. If you choose Purdue, fantastic. If you choose NYU, fantastic. You’ll likely find success as an engineer if you go to either. All I’m saying is that NYU seems like the overall better choice.
Purdue and NYU are both great in their own ways. Personally, I believe Purdue’s engineering is better than NYU’s. If you can afford Purdue, I would say go there. Not banking off of name; I’m banking off of quality which is MUCH more important and not synonymous with prestige. However, NYU is giving you a good scholarship so if money is an issue, by all means, go there.
Purdue engineering is better than NYU. Only NYU Stern is more known. A few years back even NYU didn’t quite have the prestige. But the location where NYU is more attractive for lots of students. NYU also gives out lots of scholarships when it was NYU Poly. But I’ve heard Brooklyn is getting better location for tech jobs like Uber is there.
But I wouldn’t be surprised that those kids who got into Purdue also got into NYU PoLy.
The thing is 8 of them applied to NYU but I was the only one who got in. We all got into Purdue though. There’s another person right here on CC whom I wouldn’t want to name with extraordinary stats who didn’t get into NYU. So I do think it’s more exclusive than Purdue is.
What a bull’s eye. I have lived in NY my entire life and how you described NYU is perfect.
In the NY area, NYU is below all the other schools including Rowan’s when it comes to engineering.
@KrishSC Besides the program you have to at least acknowledge that campus life is important. You will be there for four years. I can promise you that being on a Big Ten Campus will give you more things to smile about than being stuck on a subway in NY. If you wanna go out with your buddies for a burger and a few pints, plan on dropping at least $50 everytime in NY. Purdue is known to have excellent food at the dining halls, NYU does not. NYU housing is also substandard.
Go to Purdue and when Notre Dame or Michigan comes into town for football, just watch that town light up.
Hey are the other Purdue campuses engineering as good as the West lafayette campus’ engineering program? Or is the West lafayette one the best?
I wouldn’t say the Ivies (or NYU) are no substance at all, as they are accredited engineering programs. I was commenting specifically about NYU, which is in no way on par with the Ivies. While the Ivies are not well regarded for engineering (other than Cornell), they are obviously first rate overall. The Ivy brands are very powerful, and most of their engineering grads are hired into finance and consulting jobs (where that prestigious brand is important), not true engineering jobs.
West Lafayette is where the College of Engineering is located. There has to be at least 20 buildings in the center of campus for the engineering college.
Virtually toured both unis. NYU Engineering has more buildings than Purdue Engineering. Just saying.
Engineering is rigorous at any school (including those that are/were not that selective, such as Purdue and the former Polytechnic Institute that is now the NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering), so that anyone who completes an ABET-accredited (or accredited by a similarly recognized organization in other countries) engineering bachelor’s degree will demonstrate the capability to handle rigorous study in engineering. Purdue does require first year engineering students to meet GPA requirements to enter their desired majors, so be aware that you need to do well (better than merely needed to stay in good academic standing) to be assured of your desired engineering major.
If you intend to work in India after graduation, have you asked engineering employers in India whether Purdue versus NYU matters for engineering hiring?
I’m not planning to work full time after graduation. I want to do my masters in electrical engineering.
Are you planning to go back to India for work? Also NYU location is expensive. A parking space is $50 a day.
At the expense of really making you angry, I am going to say what a lot of Americans observe with international students, mostly Indian and Asian. They are drawn like moths to a flame when it comes to status schools, or what they perceive as status schools. In this case, it is obvious how you are thinking.
They always deny it, but there is no other way to explain it.
Money aside, no prospective engineer would rationalize NYU the way you are vs. Purdue.
You want the name, not the best program. The better name for engineering is ironically Purdue.
For your own sake, be objective. If the decision is due to money then that is an objective reason.
I agree with you Bates. Hard fact is that I am in fact attracted by the reputation and I’m not going to lie. It’s really hard to make a good Decision.
And I’m conflicted which is why I’m asking the cc community for views.
My other options:
UCLA (unaffordable)
UCSB (unaffordable)
Boston University w Honors College (unaffordable)
UMASS Amherst w hons(kinda affordable)
University of Manchester (solid overall ranking, reputation and engineering ranking) (same money as Purdue) and KCL, ucl etc.
I got WLd at Penn.
Rejected at MIT, Harvard, Yale obviously.