University of Alabama at Huntsville-seeking info

So could I assume engineer majors coming out of UAH would be recruited?

And UAH seems like a great school, so what am I missing? It accepts 80+% of the students that apply. It’s small, so has smaller class sizes. (Thanks for the link, ucb) I see that it has zero prestige, but I don’t really know why more students don’t apply there. Are the academics weaker than at Bama or schools such as my local schools, UCSD, SDSU, UCI and so on?

I guess I’m just wondering if there are any downsides to attending UAH aside from the fact that perhaps it’s a commuter school and far away for my son.

It seems ideal because of the small size; it would seem students would get more personalized attention as with an LAC, yes?

NoVADad99, one doesn’t have to be in the military to be an engineer for the military, correct? You can be a civilian. My son is actually very interested in military tactical defense (or something like that) and weaponry, but cannot be in the miltary because of diabetes.