The Stevens Institute is in Hoboken, New Jersey, and offers nine engineering majors. The undergraduate and graduate majors include, navel engineering, physics engineering, biomedical engineering and environmental engineering. "Stevens has a long history of challenging our undergraduate engineering students with an intense multi-disciplinary curriculum," says Bruce Nair, Ph.D., professor of electrical and computer engineering. Stevens Institute offers an entrepreneurship minor, which guides students to use their recently acquired engineering knowledge and transfer it to a product for the commercial market. Students pitch their final product to venture capitalists at the end of the course, depending on marketability.
The Cooper Union, established in 1859, is in New York City, New York. Founder Peter Cooper gives every admitted student a full tuition scholarship. Cooper Union receives approximately 3,500 applicants each year, but the school accepts only 275, with 175 of those into the engineering program. The engineering freshman class has 120 students. Students are responsible for housing, books and living expenses. The Princeton Review has ranked Cooper Union as one of the best schools in the United States.
Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California, offers students undergraduate and graduate degrees. Students strive to be the best in their field, while keeping a close-knit friendly atmosphere. Students travel on skateboards to class, study together, enjoy take-home exams and create their own rules. The student's honor code creates honesty and integrity among the student body. The road to an undergraduate or graduate degree can be challenging at Harvey Mudd, having more than 2,700 applicants, with enrollment limited to approximately 730 students.
Rose-Hulman received the top ranking by U.S. News and World Report in 2011 as the best undergraduate engineering school, in the United States. Located in Terre Haute, Indiana, the school offers nine engineering majors, including optical, computer, electrical and mechanical engineering. Students get the most out of their classes due to the 11 to 1 student to faculty ratio and an average class size of 20 students. The campus has housing for all freshmen and offers more than 90 student organizations.