Looking for good D1/D2 Engineering and 800m programs

Of those schools, definitely Cal Poly.

Iowa State and Penn Statehad the 2 best 800 groups amd decent engineering schools. But top mid distance groups won't give you much money.

Virginia Tech

Georgia

Georgia Tech

check out University of Tulsa--traditionally more of a distance/XC school but has produced a lot of really good milers in the last few years, also has top notch mechanical and petroleum engineering programs. 5 guys at 4:01 or faster the last two years.

Agree. Some great running weather in SLO too.

Been a lot of interest in Engineering lately from recruits. Love it.

Related question: how about best Psychology and distance for women?

MIT is D3 but obviously one of, if not the best, places in the world for engineering. They had the best 800m group in D3 which ended up being better than many D1 programs. Had 4 guys running 1:52, 1:51, 1:50, and D3 national record 1:46 this indoor season.

Grand Canyon loves to pump money into mid distance and dominates the WAC in the 400/800. They should have 3-4 sub 1:50 guys this season and are relatively cheap for a private school (MBA runs about $11K).

How did they do at Nationals, when it mattered?

Majoring in engineering and running track is a very difficult combination. It will be very difficult for you to have any lab classes spring semester due to your practice schedule, which can put you behind on your major track. Fortunately, the 800 doesn’t require high mileage so you won’t suffer in your training from the lack of sleep associated with the workload majoring in engineering.

Given that you can run a good 800 pretty much anywhere, I would just pick a good engineering school. Stanford, Colorado, Michigan, and Texas should be top of your list if you’re a great runner. Illinois, Cal-Berkeley, Purdue, Penn State, Virginia Tech, Georgia Teach are other power conference options. Most of the big power conference state schools do have engineering, but they’re not as good of schools. Lower D1, think Cal Poly (great school), Columbia, Lehigh, or UCSD.

There aren’t many D2 schools that have great engineering programs, but I would take a look at Colorado School of Mines.

Plenty of great engineering schools are D3, including Carnegie Mellon, RPI, Rose Hulman, and Cal Tech just to name a few.

Michigan Tech is another D2 with very solid engineering programs. Got some 1500 talent too

Cornell: best engineering school in the ivy league. Solid program.

Mines, mines mines. If you want to run well, and study engineering that an excellent option.

Can you run 1:47? Then go to Iowa State.