What exactly makes better colleges...better?

eyemgh
Tue, 13 Jun 2017 14:57:10 +0000

ABET sets what they consider a minimum standard of education within the field. It doesn’t mean the curricula can’t include more and it doesn’t imply that every equivalent class is the same. For instance, classes at MIT and Caltech (for better or worse) tend to move substantially faster than at Podunk U. Accreditation is very important for classic disciplines like Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Aerospace. It can be less of an issue in newer disciplines. In those instances, institutional reputation is even more important and a bigger differentiator.