Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis School of Engineering and Technology, or IUPUI as its often referred to, is the most well known of Indianapolis' engineering schools. A joint venture between Purdue and Indiana University, the school is an urban campus just blocks from downtown with an enrollment of over 30,000 students. According to its website, the School of Engineering and Technology offers programs in "Biomedical, Computer, Electrical, Energy, International, Mechanical and Motorsports" engineering. IUPUI boasts larger enrollment than other programs in the area with a more diverse and multicultural student body while still maintaining small, class sizes.
While Butler isn't technically recognized as an engineering school, it does serve as a satellite campus within Indianapolis for Purdue University. Purdue has a world-renowned engineering program that brings all of its positives to a degree at Butler. "Located five miles from downtown Indianapolis, the 290-acre Butler campus is hailed as one of the most attractive in the Midwest" as noted on the school's website. Butler offers Physics/Engineering, Physics/Mechanical Engineering and Computer Engineering degrees in addition to the dual credit Purdue degree.
Ball State University lies an hour outside Indianapolis in the small town of Muncie. Ball State offers the closeness of the big city with the comfort of a smaller, local environment. Until recently, Ball State offered a Mechanical Engineering Technology degree but the school has currently froze all new incoming and transfer students in lieu of the reality that the program may be discontinued. The Department of Technology itself remains a powerful force within the university.
The local system of community colleges within the greater Indianapolis area now has a higher enrollment than any public school in the state. The network of campuses offers associate's degrees in Computer, Building, Construction, Automotive and several other technology degrees related to engineering. Students can get most of their prerequisites out of the way, while earning a basic technology degree, before transferring to a larger university with a more specialized engineering program.