<p>Isn’t it really apples and oranges, though? In terms of reputation, clearly OSU’s is greater. However - how much of that is due to its MS/PhD programs? Miami makes no claims as a world-beater in terms of its grad programs. It’s about the undergraduate education, and then placing people into grad programs if they choose to. I would be interested to see data about percentages of placements into grad programs - and also percentages of engineering undergrads from MU and OSU who went on to pursue grad work in other fields.
I admit to complete bias - we’re a new MU family and I’ve never cared for OSU, plus their campus is…just not very attractive, frankly…but it seems to me that MU engineering is focused on being a well-rounded education that in the case of their SEAS results in an ABET-accredited engineering degree, more as a major than a total focus. OSU’s seems more Let Be Engineers, at least somewhat to the exclusion of the broader investigations - but I’d be interested to hear OSU alums who did grad work elsewhere weigh in on it.
Either way, any ABET-accredited undergrad engineering program is going to be challenging, and it’s really up to the individual student where they take it from there.
Go RedHawks. ;-)</p>