Underappreciated Colleges

NROTCgrad
Wed, 11 Feb 2015 15:21:00 +0000

@dadinator Stevens is, yes, a STEM centered school. It just is not as STEM centered as Rensselaer. In fact Steven is engineering centric.

What I am saying is that even STEM majors can get a more well rounded education at Stevens than at RPI. Stevens offers real classes in humanities and social science, while RPI’s offerings in those fields are actually still heavily skewed toward STEM. In other words, an engineering major at Stevens will have a more balanced education. RPI is more for people who are only interested in science and technology; which is rather rare. Thus, RPI gets less interest from students. However, I admit, that RPI is probably stronger in the STEM subjects.

Rensselaer also has a better business school than Stevens. My purpose is not to diss RPI, but to point out why it should not be consider underappreciated.