Is the degree from Rose Hulman worth that much more than the degree from Iowa State?
No. RH is a fine school, but it is not really better than a recognized state school.
Iowa State has an excellent reputation. I haven’t really heard of Rose Hulman but they may have a world renown engineering program.
Did he get $$$ to go to Rose Hulman?
Absolutely, no questions asked.
If he has been accepted to both and the funds are there, then the choice is clear.
Congratulations, but why did he not apply to my husband’s alma mater: Cooper Union - they are tuition free!!!!!! They are also a nationwide-well-known engineering school./Just Asking - seoul62.......
My Father graduated as an electrical engineer from “Rose Polytechnic” as it was known then. Therefore, I am partial to it. (In 1971, Rose Polytechnic was renamed Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.)
From Wikipedia:
Rankings & Reputation
As of 2007, the institute has been ranked first in its category (engineering colleges whose highest degree offered is a Bachelors’s or Master’s) by U.S. News & World Report for nine consecutive years (2000-2008). (In both of the most recent years it was tied with Harvey Mudd College.) Each individual program assessed has also been ranked first since the magazine has published individual rankings. These programs are the chemical, civil, computer, electrical, and mechanical engineering programs.[8]
Other publications giving Rose-Hulman high marks include: Newsweek, Fiske, Peterson’s, Barron’s, and The Princeton Review.[9]
Your grandson has a very interesting -- and important -- decision to make here. He should keep in mind that he should be comparing not only the schools themselves, but the departments within the schools in his area of study. And he should realize that there IS a financial side to this decision, too.
I had to make a similar decision when I was accepted into several engineering schools -- basically between a public and private school (the private one had the better reputation). Ultimately, I made up my mind after speaking to a family friend who had attended the private engineering school some years earlier.
He basically said it wasn't worth the higher cost to attend the private school . . . because for about the same amount of money an undergraduate degree from the private school would cost, I could get an undergraduate degree from the state school AND a master's degree from a top engineering program (MIT, Stanford, etc.).
I don’t knw, I suggest soliciting some replies from their graduates.