Engineering Colleges Like Duke

motherbear332
Thu, 25 Oct 2012 23:36:46 +0000

Some misconceptions about ABET upthread.

First of all, ABET accredits programs, not departments. A department can have multiple programs, and a program can belong to multiple departments.

If you want to know whether a school has an accredited program in an area, the easiest way to find out is going to [ABET -](http://www.abet.org) and using the accredited program search tool.

ABET accreditation is not important for CS

I’d be a bit skeptical of a computer engineering program that was not ABET accredited, though. This wouldn’t be a deal-breaker for me, but it would cause me to look very closely into the quality of the program.

For most other fields of engineering, lack of ABET accreditation would be a deal-breaker.