<p>Im just wondering what schools (preferably mid-sized to small) have a (strong) program in engineering and business. Im not sure if id double major or what, but Ive been thinking about it and engineering seems appealing, but im not sure if it would bring in the money im looking to make. I figure with engineering and business, I could then get a masters in engineering, an MBA, or a law degree and the field could be open maybe to become a lawyer or businessman in an engineering firm, having a grasp on the technology. Would this make any sense, and if so, what schools would be good? Im looking at swarthmore a lot, but it might be out of my range</p>
<p>What state do you live in</p>
<p>Lehigh...............</p>
<p>Lehigh and Drexel are schools I'm looking at for the same program.</p>
<p>IBE at Lehigh seems like it's a really good offering.</p>
<p>Commerce and Engineering at Drexel looks very similar, with the option of a co-op.</p>
<p>I'm looking at both of these.</p>
<p>a bit on the big side...but Carnegie Mellon, both programs there are toughies th, don't know about doing both...</p>
<p>in temrs of smaller, you can do management/engineering between harvey mudd and claremont mckenna</p>
<p>MIT, UCB, Cornell.</p>
<p>Syracuse had a great engineering school and business school as well.</p>
<p>i live in NJ...drexel is waay too urban and in a bad area for me. i liked everything about lehigh except the excessive greek life but im still looking into it. ill check out the other schools. thanks so far. any others?</p>
<p>and how about the idea of eng/business...is this popular and does it open up a lot of strong careers?</p>
<p>yes its popular, and very attractive for certain empoyers for certain management-type jobs in large engineering firms like URS or C2HM</p>
<p>MIT is probably your best bet.</p>
<p>He said Swat was out of his range--MIT????</p>
<p>yeah MIT is probably out of my range. YOu can see my stats if you search in my profile but mainly 3.7uw 4.0 weighted gpa because of a bad freshman year :((( 1420/2110 SAT which ill be retaking in october, and fair but not great ecs </p>
<p>still looking for ideas</p>
<p>ps my dream job would be a higher end manager at a defense contractor like lockheed martin or northrop grumman</p>
<p>UPenn.. Jerome Fischer Program or something.. I heard this program is a joint program of engineering and business and that it is pretty good..</p>
<p>yeah that program looks amazing...it seems like im not a "good enough" student to get in though</p>
<p>Lehigh's IBE was based on Penn's M&T.</p>
<p>Andrassy, I'm not sure what you are asking.</p>
<p>Are you looking for undergraduate programs in Engineering Management? or schools with good undergraduate programs in Business as well as good undergraduate programs in Engineering so if you decide to switch you'll still be in a good program?</p>
<p>If you start in Business, it might take an extra year (or summer schooling at least) to switch to Engineering because Engineering starts right off with specific Math and Science requirements
for engineers
. At schools with selective undergraduate busines programs, you might never be able to transfer into Business from Engineering because of high entrance requirements.</p>
<p>If your goal is an MBA, then getting an undergraduate business degree probably doesn't make much sense. If you don't study engineering undergrad, then you won't be admitted to engineering graduate programs, except for perhaps Operations Research (but you would still have to take equivalent Math sequence).</p>
<p>You shouldn't go by Rankings Lists literally, but in general they do offer some valid comparisons on expectations of relative program quality.</p>
<p>Of course, you need to find a school that you can afford, that will accept you, and that you like that atmosphere of.</p>
<p>The USNews Undergrad Business List for 2006 ishere. A list for Engineering is [url=<a href="http://www.uic.edu/depts/enga/pdf_files/Strategic_plan/8_MARKETING_AND_RANKINGS.pdf%5Dhere%5B/url">http://www.uic.edu/depts/enga/pdf_files/Strategic_plan/8_MARKETING_AND_RANKINGS.pdf]here[/url</a>], see pages 31 through 34.</p>
<p>Using the web pages sited, I will place a combined list is a separate posting right below here.</p>
<p>If you can land in the Top 35 for both categories, you will likely receive a quality education and have a good fall-back undergrad option.</p>
<p>The short answer then probably is:
MIT
UC Berkeley
Michigan
CMU
Texas
Cornell
Purdue
UIUC</p>
<p>Note that some of these schools are not outrageously selective for admission.</p>
<p>These USNews lists are very general and research university oriented. There can be excellent individual programs at schools not listed, such as Swarthmore, Babson, etc. as well.</p>
<p>(Business Rank) School (Engineering Rank)</p>
<ol>
<li>University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) (ENGR# 28)</li>
</ol>
<p>2.Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (Sloan) (ENGR# 1)</p>
<p>3.University of California?Berkeley (Haas) * (ENGR# 3)
University of Michigan Ann Arbor * (ENGR# 7)</p>
<p>5.Carnegie Mellon University (PA) (ENGR# 8)
New York University (Stern) (ENGR# nr)
U. North Carolina Chapel Hill(Kenan-Flagler)* (ENGR# nr)
University of Texas Austin (McCombs) * (ENGR# 10)</p>
<p>9.Univ. of Southern California (Marshall) (ENGR# 22)
University of Virginia (McIntire) * (ENGR# 33)</p>
<p>11.Indiana University Bloomington (Kelley) * (ENGR# nr)</p>
<p>12.Cornell University (NY) (ENGR# 10)
Purdue Univ. West Lafayette (Krannert) (IN)* (ENGR# 8)
U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign * (ENGR# 4)
Univ. of Minnesota Twin Cities (Carlson) * (ENGR# 19)
Univ. of Wisconsin Madison * (ENGR# 13)
Washington University in St. Louis (Olin) (ENGR# 39)</p>
<p>18.Emory University (Goizueta) (GA) (ENGR# nr)
Ohio State University Columbus (Fisher) * (ENGR# 28)
Pennsylvania State U. University Park (Smeal)*(ENGR# 16)
University of Arizona (Eller) * (ENGR# 39)</p>
<p>22.Michigan State University (Broad) * (ENGR# 39)
Univ. of Maryland College Park (Smith) * (ENGR# 22)
University of Notre Dame (IN) (ENGR# 39)
University of Washington * (ENGR# 22)</p>
<p>26.Arizona State University (Carey) * (ENGR# 39)
Babson College (MA) (ENGR# nr)
Georgetown University (McDonough) (DC) (ENGR# nr)
University of Florida (Warrington) * (ENGR# 39)</p>
<p>30.Boston College (Carroll) (ENGR# nr)
Case Western Reserve Univ. (Weatherhead) (OH) (ENGR# 33)
Texas A&M Univ. College Station (Mays) * (ENGR# 16)
University of Georgia (Terry) * (ENGR# nr)
Wake Forest University (Calloway) (NC) (ENGR# nr)</p>
<p>35.Brigham Young Univ. Provo (Marriott) (UT) (ENGR# 82)
Georgia Institute of Technology * (ENGR# 6)
Southern Methodist University (Cox) (TX) (ENGR# 99)
University of Colorado Boulder * (ENGR# 33)
University of Iowa (Tippie) * (ENGR# 60)</p>
<p>40.Boston University (ENGR# 60)
Syracuse University (Whitman) (NY) (ENGR# 74)
Tulane University (Freeman) (LA) (ENGR# 74)
University of Arkansas (Walton) * (ENGR#111)
University of Pittsburgh * (ENGR# 60)
Univ. of South Carolina Columbia (Moore) * (ENGR#111)
Virginia Tech (Pamplin) * (ENGR# 19)</p>
<p>thanks for the informative post...as to what Im looking for, im not really sure. I'd like to be an engineer at a defense contractor (lockheed, northrop, etc) or something like that but I would also like to make a very good salary so I was considering double majoring in engineering in business or somehting like that to open up my options. Im not even really sure what the specific engineering management major is. If you have any advice id appreciate it :)</p>
<p>OK. You probably should consider what area(s) of engineering are interesting to you (Aeronautical, Electrical, Mechanical, Comp Sci, etc.) and identify good programs in that field. Also think about what type of environment you prefer (small, private - RPI, WPI, Rose Hulman, etc) or large schools with big sports programs (Purdue, GaTech, etc.) or intense academics (MIT, CMU, etc.) or more general universities (Villanova, Vanderbilt, UVa, etc). Make a list of reaches, matches, and safeties from that. It's also a good idea to go to a school where you have options to switch out of engineering just in case you find it's not what you expected.</p>
<p>You can always take management and/or economics courses on the side and ultimately go for a Masters in management or a more in-depth engineering field. The very large engineering schools offer numerous majors, such as specialization in Engineering Management.</p>
<p>wow youre really helpful! thanks...i dont want a big school, or else cornell wojuld seem perfect (i might still look into it) i was thinking around 4k undergrad would be perfect but i guess thats flexible as i fell in love with swarthmore. Im not reallt sure which field I want to do yet, probably mechanical, electrical, or systems as id like to work with military technology. If you do undergrad in engineering is it hard to get into a good business or law school if i chose to do so? </p>
<p>In other words, would you advise maybe going to undergrad for engineering and eithe rminor or take courses in business to set me up for grad school?</p>