Which should be my college choice between Tandon School of Engineering ( NYU) and Stevens Institute of Technology I got no scholarships at NYU but good scholarship at Stevens? Please help me decide.
Follow the money. I like the Stevens engineering program. They do co-ops, have a great MS in 5 years program, and a solid relationship with many NYC companies to get you a job when you graduate. I know a few Stevens grads and they have done very well.
I have no real experience with NYU, except I know it will set you back a ton of money (one of the highest tuition in the country) and is not worth it when you have a solid more economical option.
Can you fully fund NYU at $72,000 a year plus…without parent loans? That’s about $300,000 for four years.
Stevens all the way. No need to go into debt for NYU. Hoboken is a great location, with easy access to NYC. What do you like better about NYU?
Stevens for sure if you got a scholarship.
“Hoboken is a great location, with easy access to NYC.”
Ok but NYU is actually in NYC (Tandon is in Brooklyn since it’s the old Brooklyn Poly), so if access to NYC is a factor, that would of course favor NYU. I’m going to date myself, but I grew up in NJ in the mid-70s, and nobody would characterize Hoboken as a great location. I’m assuming things have changed. If this were comparing Greenwich Village and SOHO to Hoboken, NYU wins hands down. However comparing Brooklyn Heights and Hoboken is not as straightforward.
Hoboken has definitely changed since the 1970’s…
“Don’t let Hoboken’s mile-square size fool you. It may be small, but its brownstones radiate a big city’s vibe of youthful energy complete with hip restaurants, cool bars and funky shops.”
https://www.visitnj.org/city/hoboken
You can take the PATH train from Hoboken right to Mid Town manhattan in 15 min.
http://www.panynj.gov/path/full-schedules.cfm
For NYU Tanden to mid town it is 25-30 minutes.
So it depends what “NYC” means to you…all of NYC or does it mean Manhattan.
Stevens 100%. In the tristate area, Stevens = NYU Tandon. One is cheaper for you, hence, a MUCH BETTER value. Also, you’re in Manhattan way faster from the Stevens Campus than from Tandon (which is NOT part of the rest of NYU)