<p>How robust is the engineering program at Trinity? How many students graduate each year? Do students specialize (MechE/ChemE,etc.) or get a general enginneering degree? What is their job placement like? What other LAC engineering program would you compare Trinity to?</p>
<p>Bump - anyone know about their program?</p>
<p>Bump - anyone?</p>
<p>Not an active Trinity community here unfortunately :(</p>
<p>In my opinion, with no background knowledge of the engineering program, I would say that the engineering program probably isn’t anything too special. Trinity is a liberal arts school and probably doesn’t place much emphasis on it.</p>
<p>Actually Trinity is one of the few schools in its category that has an engineering major. I majored in engineering & computer way back when and had a great experience. Classes were small and personalized. There were 3 choices for engineering: electrical, mechanical or general but there may be more options now. I had the opportunity to be a TA as an undergrad. My roomates were biochem, psych, and economics majors… I really appreciated the diversity. Further, I was hired directly off campus by United Technologies. There were about a dozen of us that graduated that year. Some of my classmates did the 5 year program where their BS was from Trin and MS from RPI. I think the rest of us were hired by the various UTC companies in Connecticut.</p>
<p>How many students are in the engineering program (grads per year)?</p>
<p>My year there were about a dozen</p>
<p>My understanding is that there were 18 engineering grads in 2012. That seems very small.</p>
<p>Yes, it is small but highly regarded, just like Trinity.</p>
<p>There are pros & cons to being small. In a big program there are more course choices but in a small program you get to work closely with the faculty.</p>
<p>I agree with LGSMom that the science and engineering programs at Trinity are well regarded especially with Connecticut technology companies. I know someone who went through the chemistry program at Trinity about 8 years ago and it was excellent and challenging. She was actually a transfer from a less rigorous college in Connecticut and found Trinity to be exactly what she was looking for in academics.</p>
<p>Come to think of it one of my engineering classmates went on to dental school and he is now an orthodontist. Trinity has a good track record with science majors going on to medical school, too.</p>