Stevens vs RPI (Transfer Student)

joedoe
Tue, 29 Nov 2016 06:39:04 +0000

You’d definitely be better off at RPI. I’m currently a CSE (roughly the same as EE) and I can say without a doubt that you’d be making a better decision going to RPI. There’s a lot more research going on by a factor of tens of millions of dollars and employers look with higher regard of RPI graduates (I’m talking about Google, IBM, Bloomberg, GE, etc.) Granted, Stevens is an easier school than RPI and ranked lower. If you’re gonna pay the same price to attend Stevens as RPI, you’d be making a mistake choosing Stevens. RPI is ranked top 30 for engineering and I believe top 20 for EE/CE. Stevens barely makes the top 80 mark, not that it means anything but an RPI degree would pay way more than a Stevens degree by any measure, especially if they’re the same cost. I’m pretty sure the job placement rate for the ECSE department at RPI is close to 100% and the average starting salary is close to 80k. Stevens is also a pretty decent school and I wish you luck in whatever decision you make, but in my opinion you’d be wasting your money at Stevens if RPI is the same cost.

On a side note, RPI’s gender ratio is also slightly better than Stevens and there’s much better Greek/Night Life considering Stevens is in a more urban setting. You’d probably have more fun at RPI assuming you can manage school and a social life.