You’ve received a number of great suggestions already. Here are a few more schools you may want to consider that are all ABET-accredited (important for many engineering fields). I’ve listed the number of disciplines they are accredited in, but that should not be taken to be a point of crucial importance. For instance, some schools may offer a concentration in environmental engineering within their civil engineering while other schools created a separate environmental engineering major that they got ABET-accredited. Some schools may have gotten accreditation for CS, a field where ABET-accreditation is not essential. But, for other schools it may show some less common options that aren’t available elsewhere. Depending on your son’s interests, I would do some research. The big 3 are civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering, but if your son has a particular interest (say, chemical engineering), then I’d look and see which schools are accredited in that area.
Larger schools:
- U. of Texas - Dallas (6 disciplines)
- U. of Utah (and your family wouldn’t need to move as it’s usually pretty easy for students to become residents after their first year)
- U. of Houston (9 disciplines, excluding engineering technology)
- Oregon State (14 disciplines)
- Colorado State (8 disciplines)
- Montana State (9, excluding engineering technology)
- U. of New Mexico (9 disciplines)
Small to mid-sized schools:
- Seattle U. (the big 3 disciplines…civil, electrical, mechanical)
- U. of Tulsa (6 disciplines)
- U. of Denver (3 disciplines…only if your son is thinking electrical or mechanical engineering…otherwise, go elsewhere…but if he switches into business this would be a really good spot)
- Gonzaga (6 disciplines)
- U. of Idaho (8 disciplines)
- U. of the Pacific (8 disciplines)
- U. of Portland (4 disciplines…the big 3 + computer science)
- U. of Wyoming (9 disciplines)