Located in Mid Missouri lies one of the top rated engineering universities in the country -…read moreMissouri University of Science and Technology. This started in 1870 as the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy. In the 1970's it changed to University of Missouri - Rolla. When the Chancellor figured out Rolla was cranking out more engineers and scientist than MIT - they changed the name to Missouri University of Science and Technology to better reflect the science focus. This University is consistently rated as one of the best value engineering schools in the nation with graduates coming out making high salaries.

There's one small engineering university in the middle of Missouri where the new grads always beat…read morethe graduates from every single ivy league school in starting salary. Yup! Too bad Harvard, Yale, Princeton....the world does not monitarily value arts degrees in history, anthropology, and poly science with equivalent salaries to the tuition charged and self proclaimed esteem claimed. Engineering universities produce employees who can fix things, solve problems, innovating the future to help make the world a better place. Yes, we need all ways of thinking and the arts adds to life's enjoyment, but science keeps you warm in the winter, cool in the summer, puts the latest cell home in your pocket and makes the self driving vehicles of tomorrow. We are in an age of technology, since 1870 this is a great place to build your knowledge. Tweet this because Jack Dorsey...inventor of Twitter...went to school here!

Awful university if you are a minority or disabled. God help you if you're both. The teaching staff…read moreis ok at best, the only reason this university is difficult is because the teachers are often more confused about the subject material than the students. DO NOT ATTEND UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!