<p>^^^
Excellent post drusba and your evaluation is probably a better method of viewing freshman/sophomore engineering retention.</p>
<p>Balthezar: Sounds as though my son and I are following in you and your son’s footsteps.
We are also considering UIUC, Michigan, Purdue and PSU. Getting into Michigan from OOS is both difficult and expensive. If he is accepted we’ll have to take a serious look at the FA (probably non-existent) and bottom line costs. That said, Michigan is suppose to have a top notch engineering program and a great campus experience (other than snow).</p>
<p>I wasn’t aware that Purdue had “a very good first year assistance program, and excellent financial aid for OOS students who score well enough on standardized tests”. All I’d heard is that the acceptance standards were not too high, they had a great engineering reputation and that they supposedly “weeded out” a lot of engineering students in the first year. Of course based on drusba’s post it may actually be rough freshman and sophomore years. The following email that was sent to me today from Purdue in response to my inquiry about freshman retention and graduation rates.
Interesting (in my opinion) title of the person responding.</p>
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<p>The latest data we have is as follows:</p>
<p>First year retention to engineering = 85.7%
First year retention to university = 91.8%</p>
<p>Graduation Rates:
Engineering 4 yrs 24.32%</p>
<p>5 yrs 49.97%</p>
<p>6 yrs 58.04%</p>
<p>University 4 yrs 33.14%</p>
<p>5 yrs 70.37%</p>
<p>6 yrs 77.90%</p>
<p>Roxanne Martin
Retention Consultant
College of Engineering
Purdue University
Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering</p>