<p>S3 has his "big school" list together but I'd like him also to take a look at smaller campuses with engineering like Bucknell. As other ideas for smaller (under 5,000) schools with Engineering. Bucknell would be a match school for S3 and he's already got a safety school identified so looking for matches or reaches that are "smaller" environments.</p>
<p>Lafayette…</p>
<p>I’m guessing you’ve already considered these but there’s CalTech, Harvey Mudd, Olin, Carnegie Mellon (a little bigger than 5000), WPI. Best wishes.</p>
<p>Rose-Hulman</p>
<p>Case Western (undergrad < 5000); Swarthmore</p>
<p>Worcester Polytechnic Institute</p>
<p>Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (a little over 5,000 students)</p>
<p>Cooper Union.</p>
<p>More somewhat smaller: Lehigh, NJIT, Colorado School of Mine, Villanova.</p>
<p>My daughter was also looking for a small school for engineering. She ended up going to Worcester Polytechnic Institute where she is currently a sophomore. She is enjoying her time there and doing well. Definitely has that small school feel and a nice looking campus. Worcester, as a city, is not great but OK. Being smaller, it is easier to get and do things (sporting events, concerts, etc) and if you want the “big time” stuff, Boston is about an hours drive.</p>
<p>WPI also has an odd term system where there are 4 terms in the school year (not including the summer). She has a break between terms coming up next week so she has a chance to come home without the specture of any homework makig for a truely relaxing week.</p>
<p>Swarthmore has engineering, I believe, even though it is generally considered a liberal arts school.</p>
<p>Bradley University</p>
<p>What type of engineering?</p>
<p>You can go to [Accredited</a> Programs Search](<a href=“http://www.abet.org/AccredProgramSearch/AccreditationSearch.aspx]Accredited”>http://www.abet.org/AccredProgramSearch/AccreditationSearch.aspx) , select Accredited by Engineering (EAC)*, optionally specify State and Program Area (type of engineering like civil, chemical, electrical, etc.) and press Search to get a list of schools with ABET accredited engineering programs.</p>
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<li>Computer Science would be under Accredited by Computing (CAC).</li>
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<p>Harvey Mudd has the #1 Engineering school for all colleges [not universities], according to USNWR.</p>
<p>Another option, if the motivation is to have smaller classes:</p>
<p>Check if local community colleges offer the courses needed to transfer as a junior to the state universities in the desired engineering major. The math and physics courses should be readily available, but often the sophomore level courses in materials, statics, electronics, and computer science can be hard to find. But if they are available, and the community college is not suffering from budget cuts limiting enrollment to far fewer than the demand, that can be an option to get smaller freshman and sophomore classes than at a big university.</p>
<p>Another suggestion for WPI. </p>
<p>My D is a freshman. We live relatively close by, and every time I go to campus for an event, the whole place and attitude of the students, faculty and staff impresses me.</p>
<p>My son applied to Lafayette, Lehigh, Bucknell, University of Rochester and Tufts for engineering. He is now a sophomore at Lafayette and loves it. He really wanted more of a liberal arts atmosphere than a school like CalTech or Harvey Mudd. He plays on a club sports team, joined a fraternity and is planning to study abroad this spring so it’s a great college experience.</p>
<p>We begged our daughter to apply to Lafayette…but it didn’t meet her “warm weather criteria”. She went to Santa Clara University (undergrad population about 4500)…great engineering programs if your kiddo wants to look in CA.</p>
<p>I’m giving him Bucknell, Lehigh, Lafayette and Santa Clara to research. He’ll want a sports atmosphere (he’s my social team sport jock, football and lacrosse in HS) and he’ll appreciate if he can get to skiing in under an hour or so but he might be swayed on that one. My oldest never went to a football game and only one hockey match in 4 years and my second hasn’t gone to a sporting event yet. I just want him to have a smaller school and to visit before he commits to bigger Us. Both his brothers went to smaller schools so I’m not sure he knows what he’s getting into with tens of thousands.</p>
<p>SCU is about a four hour drive from the ski / snowboard areas.</p>
<p>Trinity College (CT) small liberal arts school with engineering, Div III enthusiatic sports teams, skiing less than an hour away.</p>
<p>Second Bucknell, Lehigh also what about RPI and Northeastern? Tufts is also about 5000. Not a big sports school - but it is Nescac.</p>