<p>yeah ranking needs to be taken in context. I’m only speaking in terms of my searching for my kid who was an engineering major. Pretty much only large universities would offer engineering programs, that pretty much right there puts them into top 100 or 200. Usually schools after that in rankings are smaller public and private colleges which aren’t going to offer engineering major.</p>
<p>For someone looking for teaching career there is a much wider selection of schools for which to try to find merit. A fine education can be had from most schools regardless of ranking. </p>
<p>NEU scholarship is a great deal, maybe the best in the US for a just being a NMF.
My kid with tippy top stats could only get 20K merit there, which leaves $35K+ per year after that to pay. He’s not going there.</p>