<p>USC is like the UCs in that it has different colleges within the larger institution. USC’s college is very good. If you go into engineering, chances are the program will be very specialized.</p>
<p>Does it make a difference if you go to an LAC or a University in engineering? Kinda, but either way the academic part will be rather similar. The only thing is that not many LACs have engineering programs. Berkeley, MIT, and Stanford all have very different atmospheres and requirements of their engineers, as in MIT’s common core, Stanford’s IHUM, ect. </p>
<p>It is possible to go to a quality liberal arts college for engineering, but it is easier to find good engineering programs in top universities.</p>
<p>the last columns of these lists might interest you</p>
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