Tufts or UNC Chapel Hill?

Mastadon
Tue, 10 Apr 2018 03:51:48 +0000

@gator88ne- I went to the ASEE database you provided to try to compare some of the parameters between the two BME departments and there is no data for UNC! As it turns out, they do not offer any engineering degrees!

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - 2017
Engineering Information
Engineering Degrees Offered
Types of Engineering Degrees

Bachelor’s: None
Master’s: M.S. with thesis, M.S. without thesis, but with project or report, MPH, MSPH, MSEE
Doctoral: Ph.D.

I had forgotten that in North Carolina the flagship university is not the land grant university (i.e.the school in each state that was funded via the Morrill Act to create engineering programs to support the industrial revolution) and they have apparently chosen not to support engineering there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_land-grant_universities#North_Carolina

So, although you are technically correct that the decision is not between the two BME programs, the differences in this area turns out to be critical

If the OP wants to major in BME (or any other engineering field), UNC-CH is not an option.