Why isn't there a better tech school in the Pacific Northwest?

[noimagination]

<p>Talking to a friend who is at Washington State U makes me a bit hesitant to stand by my original impressions. Engineering and math both sound good there.</p>

[pierre0913]

<p>Washington State University’s selling point is the Edward R. Murrow College of Communications. Other strong programs are veterinary sciences, business, agriculture, plant sciences, zoology, molecular biosciences, material sciences and engineering.</p>

[noimagination]

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Seattle University has a pretty strong Engineering Dept. If you are one of those people who only looks for name brand top 20 schools, then you wont find those in the Northwest. But that would be superficial and wrong.</p>

<p>Boeing and Boeing Computer Services has been hiring from UW, Western Washington, Washington State and Seattle University, among others for years.</p>

<p>So has Microsoft and all its vendor progeny in the area.

Western Washington only has engineering technology courses, right?

Washington State University’s selling point is the Edward R. Murrow College of Communications. Other strong programs are veterinary sciences, business, agriculture, plant sciences, zoology, molecular biosciences, material sciences and engineering.

Congratulations, you can quote the Princeton Review :P</p>

[endlessrecession]

<p>Haha…you busted good old Pierre. He means well but is “ubiquitous” on these boards. </p>

<p>I know Western Washington fairly well, but engineering is not the area I know. So I have to take a pass on that one. But their website seems to confirm what you say. Also UPS is a great school and I believe they have joint 3-2 engineering program with several top tier schools like Columbia, WashU-St. Louis and USC. Check Gonzaga in Spokane as well. Whitman in Walla Walla is a superb LAC. But I believe it doesnt have any engineering programs.</p>

[bigp9998]

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so are you telling me that Reed College, Lewis & Clark College, University of Oregon, Willamette University, The Evergreen State College, Gonzaga University, Seattle University, University of Puget Sound, University of Washington, Washington State University, and Whitman College = nothing???</p>

<p>sorry but the Pacific Northwest states of Oregon and Washington are not at all like Nevada, West Virginia, South Dakota, North Dakota, Alaska, Delaware, where there is at most 1 good college.</p>

<p>As with the Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana region, there are some great colleges too such as Auburn University, Birmingham-Southern College, Samford University, Tuskegee University, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa, Millsaps College, University of Mississippi, Centenary College of Louisiana, Louisiana State University, Loyola University - New Orleans, Tulane University, University of Louisiana At Lafayette, University of New Orleans and Xavier University of Louisiana.

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<p>If you look at my original post from the first page, you’ll see that I was referring to the types of top-tier private schools that exist in other regions. Reed is probably the best school in the Pacific Northwest, amazing school but certainly not up to the level of the best school in other regions. And did you just call UAB and Birmingham Southern, among others, as examples of a ‘great school’?</p>