Despite their big names I wouldn’t send any of my kids to those uber liberal schools especially where their faith based upbringing would be scorned and ridiculed. There is a top notch, but lesser known engineering school in South Dakota...South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City. The School of Mines has been the lead university for the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL),which has converted a former mile deep gold mine into a neutrino detector. The School of Mines is internationally known for its mining, electrical and physical engineering programs.
No classics program. That’s a deal-breaker.