Purdue University College of Engineering is located on the university's main campus in West Lafayette. In the U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges 2011 survey, the Purdue-West Lafayette College of Engineering tied for eighth place with Carnegie Mellon and Cornell in their category. According to its website, the school is one of the largest in the nation and offers programs in 13 engineering disciplines. Purdue recommends that engineering hopefuls take the maximum number of laboratory science, math and English courses in high school to prepare.
Purdue University
College of Engineering
Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering, Suite 2000
701 W. Stadium Ave.
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2045
765-494-5345
eng.purdue.edu
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) is the result of a successful partnership of more than 40 years between Indiana University and Purdue. The School of Engineering and Technology is located on the IUPUI main campus, two blocks from the Indiana State Capitol. IUPUI offers degrees in 17 engineering and technology disciplines, such as biomedical and interdisciplinary engineering. Engineering candidates have many choices, including international dual-degree programs and a dual-degree program from Butler University and Purdue University School of Engineering and Technology at Indianapolis.
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
School of Engineering and Technology
799 W. Michigan St.
Indianapolis, IN 46202-5160
317-274-2533
engr.iupui.edu
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (RHIT) is a small, private college in Terre Haute that specializes in hands-on, high-quality education in engineering, math and science. RHIT offers degrees in nine engineering disciplines. Classes are small, with a ratio of one professor to 12 students. According to the school's website, for the 12th consecutive year RHIT ranked No. 1 in its category in U.S. News and World Report's Best Colleges 2011. Admissions are highly competitive but, as U.S. News and World Report notes, RHIT graduates average a starting salary that is "more than $10,000 higher than national average for college grads."
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
5500 Wabash Ave.
Terre Haute, IN 47803
812-877-1511
rose-hulman.edu
Along with a traditional four-year program, the Pott College of Science and Engineering at the University of Southern Indiana (USI) in Evansville offers a five-year engineering B.S. degree that is unique in the state. According to USI's website, this program admits students who are not completely prepared to take an engineering curriculum and gives them an extra year of study with specially designed courses. USI's accredited engineering program is flexible; after students complete the required math and science courses, they have a choice of 30 semester hours of technical electives.
University of Southern Indiana
Pott College of Science and Engineering
8600 University Blvd.
Evansville, IN 47712-3596
812-464-1877
usi.edu