<p>My son is interested in applying to a good engineering program yet need smaller class sizes not only lecture halls etc. He is applying to Cal Poly L but may not get in. does any one know of other inovative,project base engineering programs that are good undergrad programs...not huge grad school focused? Preferably in the West or warmer climates to SE.</p>
<p>He is also very interested in aeronautical eng as well as bio med..so a diverse program would be good too. He also has a mild learning disability so resources for that or at least contact with his teacher is important.
Thanks</p>
<p>Rice is a good option, but it’ll be more selective than Cal Poly SLO. </p>
<p>Cal Poly Pomona?</p>
<p>Lehigh University is well known for their great engineering programs, and is liberal arts so is really flexible when it comes to changing majors and stuff like that. It also only has around 4,000 undergrad students.</p>
<p>It is not your geographic preference, but Lehigh; Bucknell; Lafayette; and Carnegie Mellon sound otherwise perfect.</p>
<p>I was about to say Lehigh too lol
but its in PA in the mountains…not your climate of choice</p>
<p>The Pa schools listed above plus
Rice, Vanderbilt, Duke, Tulane, WashU, Tulsa, USC (a little bigger, but i believe smaller than slo), george washington (relatively small engineering dept) all fit your sons needs, dependng on if he can get in.
Tufts is also fairly small. A lot of tech schools (RPI, WPI, RIT, Case Western, RHIT, ect. have relatively small classes</p>
<p>Tulane should not be on bchristian’s list. They eliminated Mech. Eng. after Katrina. They only retained Chem E and BME. So while the OP said BME is a possible interest, if it turned out that wasn’t a good fit there wouldn’t be the other options. The only way you can sneak Tulane onto the list is that they have a 3+2 program with Vandy and Johns Hopkins. You spend 3 years at Tulane getting a physics major, then you are guaranteed a spot (assuming good standing at Tulane) at one of those two schools to spend 2 years getting an engineering degree in a field Tulane doesn’t offer (mechanical, civil, electrical are the main ones, if not all). You end up with two BS degrees, one in physics from Tulane and one in engineering from the other school.</p>