[metmom]

I'm not sure that there are breakdowns by school for civil engineering majors. As well, a complicating factor is that at both Hopkins and Maryland, he can do a 5-year bachelors/masters, which is the plan if he goes to either, and data on that result is even sparser.

If he can do that, get a MA with 5 years of school on their dime, it's even more of a no brainer.

I would imagine any kid who can graduate from 5 years of college at 23 with both a bachelors AND masters would be pretty impressive to a prospective employer.

[sitetest]

Dear metmom,

Actually, in engineering, I'm not sure an MA is particularly useful. I know that at the baccalaureate level, Harvard has both an SB (BS - Harvard uses “SB” for Bachelor of Science and “AB” for Bachelor of Arts) and AB (BA) in engineering. The difference is that the SB, like BS degrees in engineering at most decent schools, is ABET-accredited, and thus, the graduate of such a program will be recognized as an engineer. This isn't so for the AB (BA) program.

Maryland's program provides a BS/MS after five years. These programs have become fairly common. Hopkins offers a BSCE (Bachelor of Civil Engineering)/MSCE in a five year program.

Harvard is a little confusing on how they present it, but I believe they have a similar program.

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