Got in, but is it worth the 40k for a second-tier education?

<p>I work for a local (Boston) large high tech company and have been involved in hiring NEU Engineering Co-op’s for the past 16 years. I bring in 2 co-op’s per 6 month period and usually end up hiring them when they graduate. I have hired approx. 20-25 students over these 15 years and I sware by the program. I also have done internships/co-ops with other schools and hands down, NEU students are the best - at least in engineering. In addition, typically when we hire our past co-op students we offer them ~$5K more in salary because of their experience. This is just in my small engineering group. The company overall brings in about 30 co-op’s each period and has hired countless co-op’s and they are among our best employees and many has risen to managment positions. In fact the founder of our company is a Northeastern Engineering grad.</p>

<p>My D is a senior in high school and going through the college selection process and she is looking for an engineering program due to her strength in math & science. She has enrolled at NEU and I am very proud to have her attend as I think NEU has the best balance of academic and hands on eperiential learning. Of course NEU dosn’t have as good a reputation as say, MIT, but we are not all that smart!</p>

<p>Anyway, after my long affiliation with NEU I would highly reccomend the school especially the Engineering program.</p>