housemouse Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 (edited) Is there a school that would fit the bill for: 1. has to be east of Mississippi 2. smallish- under 10,000 students preferred 3. has to have engineering- chemical engineering and/or material engineering and/or petroleum engineering etc. 4. conservative student/teacher body 5. can be private or public So far I have not found one. Am I missing something? Would love some help from moms who have experience and already gone through the college searching stage? Thank you very much in advance. Is there a school that would fit the bill for: 1. has to be east of Mississippi 2. smallish- under 10,000 students preferred 3. has to have engineering- chemical engineering and/or material engineering and/or petroleum engineering etc. 4. conservative student/teacher body 5. can be private or public So far I have not found one. Am I missing something? Would love some help from moms who have experience and already gone through the college searching stage? Thank you very much in advance. Edited January 30, 2017 by housemouse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8filltheheart Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 UA-Huntsville and TN Tech are 2 that come to mind right away. I don't know that they are conservative, but they are about as conservative as a public college campus is going to ever be. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie of KY Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Conservative is where I get hung up. There are definitely smaller engineering schools out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiguirre Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 (edited) LSU It's on the Mississippi, but the eastern bank. Obviously, the whole of LSU is not small, but the engineering school is pretty self-contained. Edited January 30, 2017 by chiguirre 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Rose-Hulman is a Private Engineering school. Mostly conservative but also not horribly prejudicial to liberals. They have about 2000 students just outside Terre Haute Indiana. The town is home to ISU (not very selective) which is public but also has a more conservative feel to it (or did 20 years ago when SIL attended). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkateLeft Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Michigan Tech on the upper peninsula. My oldest daughter very nearly ended up there as a chemical engineering major. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 UA-Huntsville and TN Tech are 2 that come to mind right away. I don't know that they are conservative, but they are about as conservative as a public college campus is going to ever be. My dd attends UAH. She definitely finds that the student body leans conservative. Which is not necessarily a plus for her, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aras Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Worcester Polytechnic Institute? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 (edited) Kettering in Michigan fits all but the conservative bit, of that I have no experience but I've heard it can be. Edited January 30, 2017 by foxbridgeacademy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2scouts Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 (edited) Cedarville? ETA: Sorry, it doesn't appear to have chemical/materials/petroleum engineering, but mechanical, electrical, and computer engineering are offered. It fits the other criteria though. Edited January 30, 2017 by mom2scouts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 (edited) Missouri University of Science and Technology, 7,000 students, mostly engineering, small town in conservative area. Alas, NORTH of Mississippi. not sure how important the "East" part is. Edited January 30, 2017 by regentrude 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 LSU It's on the Mississippi, but the eastern bank. Obviously, the whole of LSU is not small, but the engineering school is pretty self-contained. Has their economic situation improved? One or two years ago, it was precarious for LSU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawyer&Mom Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Missouri University of Science and Technology, 7,000 students, mostly engineering, small town in conservative area. Alas, NORTH of Mississippi. not sure how important the "East" part is. FYI, in this context, "East of Mississippi" means east of the Mississippi River, not the state of Mississippi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 (edited) FYI, in this context, "East of Mississippi" means east of the Mississippi River, not the state of Mississippi. The school I mentioned is about 80 miles West of the river. Why does the side of the Mississippi matter to the OP? There are bridges ;) Edited January 30, 2017 by regentrude 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 The school I mentioned is about 80 miles West of the river. Why does the side of the Mississippi matter to the OP? There are bridges ;) It's just a common dividing line, I would think OP meant "we don't want to go any further west than this." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSprout Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 (edited) Rose-Hulman is a Private Engineering school. Mostly conservative but also not horribly prejudicial to liberals. They have about 2000 students just outside Terre Haute Indiana. The town is home to ISU (not very selective) which is public but also has a more conservative feel to it (or did 20 years ago when SIL attended). ISU is not conservative if my newly graduated DIL is any indication. I think most Indiana schools will have pockets of conservatives. For most people, it's better to find your "tribe" with housing and clubs, regardless of where you go to school. Another thought- depending on what aspects of being conservative OP is looking for, they could run into problems with say, petroleum engineering and a YEC worldview. That may be why they aren't finding what they seek? Edited January 31, 2017 by elladarcy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8filltheheart Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Another thought- depending on what aspects of being conservative OP is looking for, they could run into problems with say, petroleum engineering and a YEC worldview. That may be why they aren't finding what they seek? If YEC is what is being asked, I can't imagine there is an engineering ABET program that meets that definition. (But, YEC is not what I think of when someone says they are looking for a conservative campus.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSprout Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 If YEC is what is being asked, I can't imagine there is an engineering ABET program that meets that definition. (But, YEC is not what I think of when someone says they are looking for a conservative campus.) Good point, if they are simply looking to avoid an extremely rowdy, socially liberal campus, that is something different. Where we are in the Midwest, "conservative" would typically mean religiously conservative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kassia Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 (edited) nm Edited January 31, 2017 by Erica H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewber Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Marietta College, Marietta Ohio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storygirl Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Ohio Northern University, perhaps? http://www.onu.edu/engineering/areas_of_study Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Rose Hulman, Kettering, and Michigan Tech all somewhat fit the bill. All have ChemE. We have visited and/or have friends' children at all three. Though the colleges themselves are not purposefully conservative, they attract mostly midwest upper-middle-class students who are fairly conservative comparatively speaking. Oldest is at Olin. It's a very small engineering school. It's not conservative, but people are actually tolerant of each other's views. Compared to middle dd's experience in Ann Arbor at least, it seems very unique. :D I posted about Calvin College on the other thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodGrief Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Messiah College in Pennsylvania is wonderful, but has none of the engineering specialties that you mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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