<p>I am looking for schools that are around 5,000 undergrad or smaller. I want a school that has faculty who would be there to give me support through college; not just assign me classes then throw me into classes. I want a school that would guide toward grad school and eventually doctorates, I don’t want schools geared toward “job training”. I want a school with great research opportunities as an undergrad and perhaps even study abroad in Asia, like Japan, Singapore and Korea. I am looking for schools along these lines:
Cal Tech
Carnegie Mellon
Cooper Union
Florida Inst Tech
Harvey Mudd C
Illinois Inst Tech
MIT
Rensselaer Polytechnic
Rochester I Tech (on the bigger side)
Rose-Hulman I Tech
Stevens Inst Tech
Worcester Polytechnic</p>
<p>Alfred University (NY) established in 1836. </p>
<p>COA is about 38k/year, depending on your engineering major, some are private programs, some are public program through NYS. </p>
<p>Small classes, know your professors, Division III Athletics, no Greek Life, housing all 4 years, merit aid, need based aid, shuttles to Rochester airport at peak break times, buses to NYC at peak break times. Honors Program, Co-op Program for engineering. About 2,300 undergrads, small charming village of Alfred, NY. </p>
<p>USNWR’s Great Schools Great Prices
Fiske Best Buy
Princeton Review’s Best 300 Business Schools
Fiske Small Schools strong in Engineering
Fiske Small Schools strong in Art & Design
Princeton Review’s Best 373
Fiske Guide 2011 </p>
<p>College of Liberal Arts
School of Engineering
School of Business
School of Art & Design </p>
<p>[Alfred</a> University : Financial Aid : Undergraduate Freshmen Scholarships](<a href=“http://www.alfred.edu/finaid/freshmen/scholarships.cfm]Alfred”>http://www.alfred.edu/finaid/freshmen/scholarships.cfm) Merit Aid </p>
<p>[Alfred</a> University - Inamori School of Engineering](<a href=“http://engineering.alfred.edu/]Alfred”>http://engineering.alfred.edu/)</p>
<p>[Alfred</a> University - Inamori School of Engineering - Honors and Awards](<a href=“http://engineering.alfred.edu/about/awards.cfm]Alfred”>http://engineering.alfred.edu/about/awards.cfm)</p>
<p>[Alfred</a> University : Honors Program](<a href=“http://www.alfred.edu/honors/]Alfred”>http://www.alfred.edu/honors/) Honors Program </p>
<p>Consider a small highly ranked school that does not cost over $50,000/year!
Best of luck in your college search!</p>
<p>Case Western supposedly really loves its undergrads, and it’s about that size and science-focused. I don’t really know the ____ Institute of Technology schools except for Rose Hulman. While Rose Hulman is very undergrad-focused and teaching focused, I haven’t heard the same about the other ____ Institute of Technology schools. Please make sure how they focus on their undergrads. You can do this by researching class sizes (part of Common Data Set), office hours (harder to do), and books.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Olin College (only engineering,1000 people), guaranteed half tuition with admission.</p>
<p>Clemson University.</p>
<p>[Clarkson</a> University: School of Engineering](<a href=“http://clarkson.edu/engineering/index.html]Clarkson”>http://clarkson.edu/engineering/index.html) </p>
<p>Clarkson University (New York) 3,000 undergraduates and graduate students. </p>
<p>[Clarkson</a> University: About Clarkson](<a href=“http://clarkson.edu/about/index.html]Clarkson”>http://clarkson.edu/about/index.html)</p>
<p>Bucknell University–3500 students and ranked #9 in US News small engineering schools list and higher in some individual categories.</p>
<p>Harvey Mudd is what you’re looking for</p>
<p>Clemson is a big school but the faculty has been unbelievable so far in engineering. Take a look there! It’s a 15,000 person school but it definitely feels like a 5,000 person school. I’ve never had a class of more than 100 students and there are plenty of research opportunities if you seek it out! (program called Creative Inquiry)</p>
<p>other than a plug for my own school. You HAVE TO look at Harvey Mudd and Franklin W. Olin College Of Engineering. Probably 2 of the best engineering schools in the country that few people know about because of their small size. I’d put them on the same level as MIT or Caltech etc…</p>
<p>It sounds like you’re describing Rice University!</p>
<p>How about Lehigh University?</p>
<p>Pierre - Are there 15,000 undergrads at Clemson? I went for my masters but I dont remember than many students and especially Engineering school being too big.</p>
<p>USNews rankings of top 10 small engineering schools–
-Rose-Hulman IT
-Harvey Mudd
-Cooper Union
-Military Academies (grouping them together)
-Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo
-Franklin Olin
-Bucknell University
-Villanova University</p>
<p>Cal-poly and Villanova are actually larger-more students. Some of the schools listed on your original list have fewer students, but are considered larger because they grant PH’D’s.</p>
<p>texaspg, yeah there are now 15,459 undergraduates at Clemson now. It’s increased slightly from 14,172 in 2006 (as far back as I can find the numbers) but it definitely doesn’t feel that big to me.</p>
<p>Lafayette College in Easton, PA has about 2400 undergrads, with about 25% majoring in engineering.<br>
[About</a> Lafayette College](<a href=“http://www.lafayette.edu/about/]About”>About · Lafayette College)</p>
<p>LC has 4 ABET accredited BS engineering majors (CE, ChE, EE, ME).<br>
[Division</a> of Engineering Lafayette College](<a href=“http://engineering.lafayette.edu/]Division”>http://engineering.lafayette.edu/)</p>
<p>Founded: In 1826 by citizens of Easton, Pennsylvania, and named for the Marquis de Lafayette in honor of his “talents, virtues, and services in the great cause of freedom.”</p>
<p>Character: Most academically competitive, independent, undergraduate, coeducational, residential.</p>
<p>Degrees: Bachelor of Arts in 34 fields; Bachelor of Science in 9 fields of science and 4 fields of engineering.</p>
<p>Enrollment: 2,360 students; 53% men, 47% women. Students come from 42 U.S. states and territories and 47 countries.</p>
<p>Faculty: 213 full-time faculty members, 99 percent holding the doctorate or other terminal degree; 10 to 1 student/faculty ratio.</p>
<p>Campus: 60 buildings on 340 total acres including a 230-acre athletic campus.</p>
<p>Endowment: Total endowment of approximately $580 million. As an exclusively undergraduate institution, Lafayette focuses all of its resources on undergraduates.</p>
<p>Location: Easton, Pennsylvania, population 30,000 in Lehigh Valley of 800,000; about 70 miles west of New York City and 60 miles north of Philadelphia; the Pocono Mountains are about 35 miles north.</p>
<p>About 30% of engineering majors study abroad for a full semester.
[International</a> Programs Division of Engineering Lafayette College](<a href=“http://engineering.lafayette.edu/international-programs-2/]International”>http://engineering.lafayette.edu/international-programs-2/)</p>
<p>There are many opportunities to perform research with a faculty member.
[Student/Faculty</a> Research Academics Lafayette College](<a href=“Curriculum Offerings · Academics · Lafayette College”>Curriculum Offerings · Academics · Lafayette College)</p>
<p>David, you said on another thread you have an EFC of zero!
That will affect where you should apply.</p>
<p>^^^ditto</p>
<p>My older S is graduating from Stevens. He will graduate with $50K in debt. He absolutely loved it, but it won’t meet your need…</p>
<p>Both of my sons applied to RPI and didn’t get packages any where close to their EFC. Younger S was awarded a nice merit scholarship (RPI medal - $15K a year), but the projected debt would have been even higher than older S is leaving Stevens with.</p>
<p>It is fine to be doing this research, but you need to keep in mind what is going to be doable.</p>