DH and I are both engineers, and I did a LOT of research about engineering schools for both kids. Our situation was opposite. I was a big fan of RH. DS refused to even consider a visit… his reason - “it is in Terra Haute”.
Fun side story - He did love Harvey Mudd, a similar but more intense school. I liked many things about Mudd, but I happened to mention that the earthquake proof / safe dorm were really ugly … but he had not even noticed. He was smitten with the techie vibe and would have attended if more affordable for us.)