<p>I thought I read somewhere that there are about 700 undergrads in the Engineering school. I would think that perhaps as many as half were affected by this–certainly most of the freshmen and sophomores (unless bio or chem eng). </p>
<p>I don’t know anything about Engineering programs, so maybe that IS considered small in the scheme of things. Nonetheless, if it affects you, it still hurts. I agree with a couple of other posters that it seems ironic that civil engineering is one that is being eliminated, particularly in the face of all the local opportunities that field would offer in NO.</p>