I highly recommend taking a look at Embry-Riddle Prescott.
Excellent mechanical and aerospace engineering programs, top notch labs, incredible faculty, and the campus is in a beautiful location!
I understood your question, I guess I do prefer a college known for its engineering and that my engineering degree isn’t filled with liberal arts curriculum. But there can be a lot of benefit either way and I am looking for a broad range of suggestions right now.
While as @merc81 correctly stated, RPI is “highly selective”, you have a better chance of getting in as a girl, as they are trying to attract more girls (they have a 70-30 m/f ratio). And it’s very engineering focused (rather than LAC with engineering). (My D is a engineering freshman there.)
But WPI will be easier to get in, and also good.
If you want to stay in west coast, look at Santa Clara.
A lot of the schools mentioned here are part of the [url="<a href=“http://theaitu.org%22%5DAITU%5B/url”>http://theaitu.org"]AITU[/url]. These are all private engineering schools. Some are more selective than others and some have Ph.D. programs while others do not. They are all known for engineering and recruiters go there to find new employees. You need to think about the kind of school you want. Should it have graduate programs? Be in an urban area or more rural? What about finances?
don’t be concerned about Cooper union , it’s a shadow of what it once was and fading fast.
It would seem the ABET organization disagrees with you: http://main.abet.org/aps/accreditedprogramsearch.aspx
George Fox U
Oregon Tech
Oregon State
Portland State
U Portland
I too, do not understand the OP’s aversion to Oregon State University engineering; it’s a very good program, particularly in Chemical Engineering. And Oregon Tech has much to offer to students looking for a small and intimate program. You won’t get the same stereotypical college experience at Oregon Tech but we all have different tastes. Finally, recent U of Portland students have participated in fabulous engineering internships; at NASA, for example. I recommend that the OP peruse the websites of the Oregon colleges to get a better idea of what’s happening in the respective engineering departments.
I am well informed on all Oregon engineering programs. At the moment (and on this thread), I am trying to explore other options specifically small private schools because that is the environment I work best in. So suggestions for that would be greatly appreciated!
Look at west coast schools such as Santa Clara, the University of San Diego, Gonzaga, Loyola Marymount, the University of Seattle, the Oregon Institute of Technology and the University of Portland. Then compare your favorites from this group (and other schools you have found) to a traditional LAC such as Union College. You may have some idea at that point which type of college you would generally prefer.
Santa Clara comes to mind, as does Colorado School of Mines, if you’re willing to go all the way to Colorado.
I’m not sure exactly what level of schools you’re looking for, but, UW, all UCs, and Cal Poly SLO/Pomona all give amazing educations in engineering, and none are insanely selective (save maybe Berkeley and UCLA). UW, especially, is well known for aerospace engineering and its proximity to Boeing makes it a great option if you’d like to work there. That being said, none of them are small or private.
Some are much more selective for some or all engineering majors than the school overall, and changing into an engineering major later after enrolling as a non-engineering student can be difficult.
^ this.
For example UCSB’s acceptance rate is ~ 37% but its engineering acceptance rate is ~ 24%.
There’s no such place as the “University of Seattle.”
Since you’re interested in small colleges, take a look at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, a place that is outstanding in every STEM field, particularly engineering. The number of undergraduates is slightly above 2,000. There are many students from the Pacific Northwest at SDSM&T.
Re #32, Seattle University, a well-established Jesuit school (founded 1891) with solid engineering, was the intended university (#28).