My S got into both. UIUC is in state for us, however, he got 22K/y merit scholarship at RPI, which makes the cost difference not significant. Is the private school aspect of RPI worth the incredibly high rankings of UIUC engineering, particularly CE? Thanks much.
Being a private school doesn’t make it a more glossy choice. There is no employment favoritism based on whether your alma mater was public or private. Which does your student prefer?
He’s learning towards UIUC, but we might go check out RPI given the scholarship. Can RPI’s program match or compete with UIUC? Smaller classes would be nice. But given CE is a mix of EE and CS, both of which are phenomenal at UIUC (and the CE program is ranked 5th), should we be considering RPI?