LakeClouds

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?

LakeClouds

Bump - anyone know about their program?

LakeClouds

Bump - anyone?

ClassicLays

Not an active Trinity community here unfortunately

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.

LGSMom

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.

LakeClouds

How many students are in the engineering program (grads per year)?

LGSMom

My year there were about a dozen

LakeClouds

My understanding is that there were 18 engineering grads in 2012. That seems very small.

LGSMom

Yes, it is small but highly regarded, just like Trinity.

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.

chemusic

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.

LGSMom

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.