My son and dil went to Michigan Tech. I can’t say enough great things about MTU. My husband went there also.
If you want a good engineering degree and be a working engineer, you can’t do better! They know how to get their students good co ops, internships and jobs.
My other kid went to a much higher ranked school for engineering. It’s a great school. But I feel that my kid at Michigan Tech had better support and a definitely better placement department. MTU’s reputation is very high among companies looking for engineering.
The great thing about Tech is that no one goes home on the weekends, they make lasting friendships, something that would be very different than commuting from home.
The first year was expensive, I will admit that. But my kid had good summer jobs and internships. He ended up making enough money to be able to pay his living costs and that helped us pay for school. Another thing is that once they move off campus, housing is pretty inexpensive. And he never had any trouble getting rides home at breaks. Even the one semester, he had a late test before spring break and got a ride home. There are always kids happy to have someone to share gas expenses with. He only had a car there senior year and that was because he had an internship the summer before.
My son and dil are material science majors, Michigan Tech has a lot of different engineering majors if he thinks he might want to go with something a little different.
Another thing to think of is that as a chem eng major, he could go a little higher with his debt but the most a student can borrow themselves is I think now $27,000. My kid had some debt (around $23,000) from undergrad but with payments around $300 and I could be wrong but starting salaries now are around $60,000 to $70,000, that sort of payment is doable.
We found after the first year that paying for college got easier with the kid having very well paid internships. As you are in the Detroit area, finding internships where he could live at home should also be doable
If you want a good engineering degree and be a working engineer, you can’t do better! They know how to get their students good co ops, internships and jobs.
My other kid went to a much higher ranked school for engineering. It’s a great school. But I feel that my kid at Michigan Tech had better support and a definitely better placement department. MTU’s reputation is very high among companies looking for engineering.
The great thing about Tech is that no one goes home on the weekends, they make lasting friendships, something that would be very different than commuting from home.
The first year was expensive, I will admit that. But my kid had good summer jobs and internships. He ended up making enough money to be able to pay his living costs and that helped us pay for school. Another thing is that once they move off campus, housing is pretty inexpensive. And he never had any trouble getting rides home at breaks. Even the one semester, he had a late test before spring break and got a ride home. There are always kids happy to have someone to share gas expenses with. He only had a car there senior year and that was because he had an internship the summer before.
My son and dil are material science majors, Michigan Tech has a lot of different engineering majors if he thinks he might want to go with something a little different.
Another thing to think of is that as a chem eng major, he could go a little higher with his debt but the most a student can borrow themselves is I think now $27,000. My kid had some debt (around $23,000) from undergrad but with payments around $300 and I could be wrong but starting salaries now are around $60,000 to $70,000, that sort of payment is doable.
We found after the first year that paying for college got easier with the kid having very well paid internships. As you are in the Detroit area, finding internships where he could live at home should also be doable
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