50-50 Highlights: 3-2 Engineering Programs

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Too often students limit their choices because of preconceived notions about what is “best” or “required.” If you want to do pre-med, you must be a major research university; if you’re interested in film, nothing less than a film school will do. And if you want to be an engineer, you must attend an engineering school.

The last statement is partially true. Students who want to be engineers must graduate with from an engineering program, preferably one that has ABET accreditation. However, they don’t necessarily have to start at an engineering school.

3-2 engineering programs allow students to spend three years at one campus studying the sciences or mathematics and then transfer their last two years to a school with an engineering program to complete an engineering degree. The advantage of these programs is that it can allow students to take smaller classes with more faculty interaction to build a solid foundation for later engineering courses. The disadvantage is that students will be leaving their small, tightly knit home campuses to start a new program as seniors, not an easy thing to do.

The number of 3-2 participants at any college is going to be small and you’ll really only see them as a group at the destination engineering schools. Washington University in St. Louis and Columbia University are the two major programs for 3-2 students and offer them specific support services. However, there are numerous schools that accept students into engineering programs, some with formal guarantee admission agreements, others requiring separate applications.

There are over two hundred colleges that offer at least one version of a 3-2 program and over half of them are 50-50 schools. The following list is based on just those that are affiliated with the major 3-2 engineering school programs. I suspect any interested students could arrange a 3-2 opportunity at their institution, they would just have to apply as regular transfer students. The 3-2 option is not for everybody, but is one way to enjoy the advantages of a small liberal arts experience before concentrating on engineering.

50-50 Schools with 3-2 Engineering Programs

Name	Type	State	Full-time Under- graduates	4/5 yr Grad Rate	Affiliated with Wash U StL	Affiliated with Columbia U	Other Affiliation
Adelphi University	Private	NY	4525	54		yes
Agnes Scott College	Private	GA	869	57			Georgia Tech
Albion College	Private	MI	1353	62		yes	Case
Allegheny College	Private	PA	2104	70	yes	yes	Case
Arcadia University	Private	PA	2154	59		yes
Augustana College	Private	IL	2532	73	yes
Augustana College	Private	SD	1703	52	yes
Austin College	Private	TX	1235	74	yes	yes
Baldwin Wallace University	Private	OH	3036	50		yes	Case
Beloit College	Private	WI	1261	70	yes	yes	RPI
Berry College	Private	GA	2007	52			yes
Birmingham Southern College	Private	AL	1208	56		yes
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania	Public	PA	8642	62			Penn State
Capital University	Private	OH	2448	50	yes		Case
Carroll College	Private	MT	1364	52		yes
Carthage College	Private	WI	2530	52			Case
Central College	Private	IA	1461	62	yes
Centre College	Private	KY	1343	87	yes	yes
Clark University	Private	MA	2253	75		yes
Covenant College	Private	GA	1011	55			Georgia Tech
Denison University	Private	OH	2308	84	yes	yes	RPI, Case
DePauw University	Private	IN	2307	74	yes	yes	Case
Doane College-Crete	Private	NE	1138	60	yes	yes
Drake University	Private	IA	3189	64	yes
Drew University	Private	NJ	1568	66		yes
Duquesne University	Private	PA	5650	63			Case
Earlham College	Private	IN	1071	62		yes	RPI, Case
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania	Public	PA	5741	55			Penn State
Eckerd College	Private	FL	2064	57	yes	yes
Elizabethtown College	Private	PA	1858	70			Penn State
Elon University	Private	NC	5209	77	yes	yes	Georgia Tech, Penn State
Fairfield University	Private	CT	3471	78		yes	RPI
Furman University	Private	SC	2623	79			Georgia Tech
Georgia College & State University	Public	GA	5131	54			Georgia Tech
Goshen College	Private	IN	806	55			Case
Goucher College	Private	MD	1446	57		yes
Hartwick College	Private	NY	1503	51		yes
Hendrix College	Private	AR	1356	63	yes	yes
Hiram College	Private	OH	1144	58			Case
Hobart William Smith Colleges	Private	NY	2267	72		yes	Dartmouth, RPI
Hope College	Private	MI	3205	67			RPI, Case
Illinois College	Private	IL	961	51	yes
Illinois Wesleyan University	Private	IL	2008	78	yes	yes	Case
Ithaca College	Private	NY	6159	70			RPI
John Carroll University	Private	OH	2859	66			Case
Juniata College	Private	PA	1500	71	yes	yes	Penn State
Kalamazoo College	Private	MI	1366	63	yes
Knox College	Private	IL	1392	71	yes	yes	RPI
Lake Forest College	Private	IL	1534	62	yes
Lawrence University	Private	WI	1473	54	yes	yes	RPI
Lebanon Valley College	Private	PA	1618	67			Penn State, Case
Lewis & Clark College	Private	OR	2121	69	yes	yes
Loyola University Chicago	Private	IL	8952	52	yes	yes
Loyola University Maryland	Private	MD	3875	79		yes
Luther College	Private	IA	2421	68	yes
Marietta College	Private	OH	1418	54		yes	Case
Maryville University of Saint Louis	Private	MO	1725	52	yes
Miami University-Oxford	Public	OH	14657	78			Case
Millersville University of Pennsylvania	Public	PA	6675	61			Penn State
Millsaps College	Private	MS	828	66		yes
Moravian College and Moravian Theological Seminary	Private	PA	1459	71	yes
Nebraska Wesleyan University	Private	NE	1544	51	yes	yes
Ohio Wesleyan University	Private	OH	1804	61	yes		RPI
Pacific Lutheran University	Private	WA	3028	60	yes	yes
Pacific University	Private	OR	1658	54			Case
Providence College	Private	RI	3791	84	yes	yes
Randolph College	Private	VA	609	53	yes
Randolph-Macon College	Private	VA	1286	49		yes
Rhodes College	Private	TN	1899	80	yes
Ripon College	Private	WI	921	58	yes		RPI
Rollins College	Private	FL	2416	62	yes	yes	Case
Saint Francis University	Private	PA	1590	51			Penn State
Saint John Fisher College	Private	NY	2753	64		yes	RPI
Saint Louis University-Main Campus	Private	MO	7354	60	yes
Saint Marys College of California	Private	CA	2782	50	yes
Saint Vincent College	Private	PA	1481	62			Penn State
Seattle Pacific University	Private	WA	3108	56		yes
Sewanee-The University of the South	Private	TN	1486	74	yes	yes	RPI
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania	Public	PA	6363	55			Penn State
Siena College	Private	NY	3048	69			RPI
Simpson College	Private	IA	1423	58	yes
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania	Public	PA	7308	60			Penn State
Southwestern University	Private	TX	1376	67	yes
St Olaf College	Private	MN	3128	83	yes
SUNY at Fredonia	Public	NY	5074	63		yes	RPI, Case
The College of Idaho	Private	ID	1003	50	yes	yes
The College of Wooster	Private	OH	2043	70	yes		Case
University of Puget Sound	Private	WA	2555	69	yes	yes
University of Redlands	Private	CA	2611	61	yes	yes
Ursinus College	Private	PA	1651	71		yes
Wabash College	Private	IN	904	69	yes	yes
Waynesburg University	Private	PA	1464	54			Penn State, Case
West Chester University of Pennsylvania	Public	PA	12133	65			Penn State
Western Illinois University	Public	IL	9161	50			Case
Westminster College	Private	MO	1082	59	yes
Westminster College	Private	PA	1408	72	yes		Case
Wheaton College	Private	MA	1613	77			Dartmouth
Whitman College	Private	WA	1509	80	yes	yes
Whittier College	Private	CA	1554	66			Case
Whitworth University	Private	WA	2301	65	yes	yes
Willamette University	Private	OR	1968	69		yes
William Jewell College	Private	MO	1011	61	yes	yes
Wittenberg University	Private	OH	1784	61		yes	Case
Wofford College	Private	SC	1596	79		yes

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