Returning to the question of "Why All-Women's Schools?"

<p>Mini...I do not have a link, but the info is on page 124 of USN&WR. Best Undergraduate Enginering Programs for schools whose highest degree is a Bachelor's or Master's: lists Smith College tied for # 36. Puuurty good!</p>

<p>Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
(At schools whose highest degree is a bachelor's or master's)</p>

<ol>
<li> Harvey Mudd College (CA) 4.4
Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. (IN) 4.4 </li>
<li> Cooper Union (NY) 4.0
United States Military Academy (NY)* 4.0
United States Naval Academy (MD)* 4.0 </li>
<li> Cal Poly–San Luis Obispo * 3.9 </li>
<li> Bucknell University (PA) 3.7
United States Air Force Acad. (CO)* 3.7 </li>
<li> Embry Riddle Aeronautical U. (FL) 3.5
Milwaukee School of Engineering 3.5
Villanova University (PA) 3.5 </li>
<li> Kettering University (MI) 3.3
Lafayette College (PA) 3.3
San Jose State University (CA)* 3.3
Swarthmore College (PA) 3.3 </li>
<li> Calif. State Poly. Univ.–Pomona * 3.2
Embry Riddle Aeronautical U.–Prescott (AZ) 3.2
United States Coast Guard Acad. (CT)* 3.2
Univ. of Colo.–Colorado Springs * 3.2 </li>
<li> Baylor University (TX) 3.1
Bradley University (IL) 3.1
Gonzaga University (WA) 3.1
Loyola Marymount University (CA) 3.1
Rowan University (NJ)* 3.1
Union College (NY) 3.1
University of Michigan–Dearborn * 3.1
Valparaiso University (IN) 3.1
Webb Institute (NY) 3.1 </li>
<li> Santa Clara University (CA) 3.0
Seattle University 3.0
St. Louis University 3.0
Trinity University (TX) 3.0
U.S. Merchant Marine Acad. (NY)* 3.0
University of Portland (OR) 3.0
University of San Diego 3.0 </li>
<li> Boise State University (ID)* 2.9
California State U.–Los Angeles * 2.9
California State U.–Northridge * 2.9
The Citadel (SC)* 2.9
Mercer University (GA) 2.9
Northern Arizona University * 2.9
Purdue University–Calumet (IN)* 2.9
Smith College (MA) 2.9
Univ. of Massachusetts–Dartmouth * 2.9
University of Minnesota–Duluth * 2.9
Virginia Military Institute * 2.9 </li>
<li> California State U.–Long Beach * 2.8
California State U.–Sacramento * 2.8
Indiana U.-Purdue U.–Fort Wayne * 2.8
Miami University–Oxford (OH)* 2.8
Oregon Inst. of Technology * 2.8
University of Detroit Mercy 2.8
University of St. Thomas (MN) 2.8 </li>
</ol>

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<p>For comparison
Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
(At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate)</p>

<ol>
<li> Massachusetts Inst. of Technology 4.8 </li>
<li> Stanford University (CA) 4.7
University of California–Berkeley * 4.7 </li>
<li> California Institute of Technology 4.5
U. of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign * 4.5 </li>
<li> Georgia Institute of Technology * 4.4
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor * 4.4 </li>
<li> Carnegie Mellon University (PA) 4.3
Purdue Univ.–West Lafayette (IN)* 4.3 </li>
<li> Cornell University (NY) 4.2 </li>
<li> Princeton University (NJ) 4.1
University of Texas–Austin * 4.1 </li>
<li> Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison * 4.0 </li>
<li> Johns Hopkins University (MD) 3.9
Northwestern University (IL) 3.9
Pennsylvania State U.–University Park * 3.9 </li>
<li> Texas A&M Univ.–College Station * 3.8
Virginia Tech * 3.8 </li>
<li> Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (NY) 3.7
Rice University (TX) 3.7
Univ. of California–Los Angeles * 3.7
Univ. of California–San Diego * 3.7
Univ. of Minnesota–Twin Cities * 3.7
University of Washington * 3.7 </li>
<li> Columbia University (NY) 3.6
Duke University (NC) 3.6
North Carolina State U.–Raleigh * 3.6
Univ. of Maryland–College Park * 3.6
Univ. of Southern California 3.6 </li>
<li> Harvard University (MA) 3.5
Ohio State University–Columbus * 3.5
University of Florida * 3.5
University of Pennsylvania 3.5 </li>
<li> Brown University (RI) 3.4
University of California–Davis * 3.4
Univ. of California–Santa Barbara * 3.4
University of Colorado–Boulder * 3.4
University of Virginia * 3.4 </li>
<li> Arizona State University * 3.3
Case Western Reserve Univ. (OH) 3.3
Iowa State University * 3.3
Washington University in St. Louis 3.3 </li>
<li> Lehigh University (PA) 3.2
Michigan State University * 3.2
University of Notre Dame (IN) 3.2
Vanderbilt University (TN) 3.2
Yale University (CT) 3.2 </li>
<li> Dartmouth College (NH) 3.1
Rutgers–New Brunswick (NJ)* 3.1
University of Arizona * 3.1
University of California–Irvine * 3.1
University of Missouri–Rolla * 3.1 </li>
<li> Colorado School of Mines * 3.0
Drexel University (PA) 3.0
Michigan Technological University * 3.0
Northeastern University (MA) 3.0
University of Iowa * 3.0
Univ. of Massachusetts–Amherst * 3.0
University of Pittsburgh * 3.0 </li>
<li> Auburn University (AL)* 2.9
Boston University 2.9
Clemson University (SC)* 2.9
Illinois Institute of Technology 2.9
Rochester Inst. of Technology (NY) 2.9
SUNY–Stony Brook * 2.9
University at Buffalo–SUNY * 2.9
University of Delaware * 2.9
University of Illinois–Chicago * 2.9
University of Utah * 2.9
Worcester Polytechnic Inst. (MA) 2.9 </li>
<li> Colorado State University * 2.8
Kansas State University * 2.8
Polytechnic University (NY) 2.8
Syracuse University (NY) 2.8
Tufts University (MA) 2.8
University of Kansas * 2.8
University of Tennessee * 2.8
Washington State University * 2.8</li>
</ol>

<p>PS Mini, this is not a link to the engineering rankings, but to an article related to a past discussion- "As far as I am aware, there are no schools in the country, of ANY size, that has more undergraduate Fulbrights than Smith (undergraduates includes alumni, but not any in graduate school who applied through graduate school.) As far as I am aware, none." </p>

<p><a href="http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Dean_of_the_College/fellowships/newsletters/current.pdf#search=%22Fulbright%20Brown%22%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Dean_of_the_College/fellowships/newsletters/current.pdf#search=%22Fulbright%20Brown%22&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Thanks. I stand correctly. At least one (with well over double the enrollment, and without 10% of the student body being older, returning students).</p>

<p>I agree with ticklemepink completely -Smith didn't do much for me in terms of pushing my classroom performance or participation, but I do think it helped me build confidence in social situations, being generally a more forgiving environment than coed schools. The reason for this, I'm still trying to figure out -whether it was the types of women the school attracted, a lack of competition between women trying to impress men, etc.</p>

<p>passionflower8- I'm at Colgate University now... in my second year (aka junior year).</p>

<p>I left Smith specifically for three reasons: weak history department (my major), too "isolated" from home, and not the right fit for me socially and culturally. There were secondary factors but they're not important. Overall, I was disillusioned by the viewbooks and saw that Smith wasn't the right school for me.</p>