hey, My mom wants that I have to become an engineer. so I would like to take admission into the B.Tech course. But I am getting confused that in which college I have to take admission. I am confusing between University of Miami and the Southern Methodist University. So give me the details of it?

I find both the Colleges - Southern Methodist University (SMU) and University of Miami - are good.

Fast Facts of the 2 Colleges:

• Miami of Ohio is a much Larger School: (18,620 vs. 11,272 Total Students)
• SMU is much more difficult to get in: (52.4% vs. 65.8% Acceptance Rate)
• Miami of Ohio offers significantly Cheaper In-State Tuition: ($14,287 vs. $45,940)
• Miami of Ohio offers significantly Cheaper Out-of-State Tuition: ($30,391 vs. $45,940)
• Miami of Ohio provides slightly better Freshmen Financial Aid: (78% vs. 76% of Eligible Freshmen Receive Aid)
• Both Institutions have the same Graduation Rate: (80% 6-Year Graduation Rate)
• SMU Students earn slightly more Salary Post-Graduation: ($49,000 vs. $47,700 Median Salary)
• SMU has much Smaller Class Sizes: (11:1 vs. 17:1 Student-Teacher Ratio)
• SMU has Hotter Summer Weather: (85°F vs. 75°F)
• Miami of Ohio has Colder Winter Weather: (32°F vs. 49°F)

SMU

Rankings

U.S. News & World Report ranks SMU as 56th among "National Universities" in its 2017 edition.

1st In the 2009–10 National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Directors Cup Division I Final Standings, it was ranked as the top school in its conference.

SMU Cox School of Business Rankings

1st In 2012, The Economist ranked the Cox School No. 1 in the United States for "Potential to Network". 1st In the 2003 BusinessWeek ranking of the top 25 Executive MBA programs in the world, SMU Cox was listed No. 1 for entrepreneurship course offerings.

5th BusinessWeek ranks Cox No. 5 for Global Business as "Best Subjects" in the world, as surveyed by EMBA alumni. 9th U.S. News & World Report currently ranks The Cox Professional MBA program (PMBA) 9th in the nation

10th Forbes ranks Cox No. 10 in the nation for ROI, the only program in Texas and the South on the list. Top 10 Financial Times also names Cox among the top 10 in the U.S. for enrolling the most experienced students and for highest salaries five years after graduation.

University of Miami

Rankings

In the 2017 issue of U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges," it was ranked 44th among national universities.

U.S. News's 2016 ranking of U.S. medical schools ranked the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine as the 44th best medical school for research in the nation, while US News ranked the School of Law as the 60th best law school in the nation.

In 2008, U.S. News & World Report ranked its Physical Therapy Department 7th in the nation and the Department of Psychology's Clinical Training Program 25th in the nation.

The National Science Foundation ranked it 112th out of 630 research institutions in the number of granted doctorate degrees in its FY 2006 survey. It ranked 65th out of 634 institutions in terms of total research and development expenditures in 2014.

The Academic Ranking of World Universities rated it one of the world's top 150 academic institutions In Forbes magazine's 2010 rankings of 600 undergraduate institutions, UM ranked 293rd.

In 2012, Forbes gave it a 132 overall ranking and ranked it among the 115 top private universities and among the top 53 research universities in the nation.

In the 2009 edition of Best 371 Colleges, The Princeton Review ranked it one of the 141 "Best Southeastern Colleges" and ranks it first in the nation in its "Lots of Race/Class Interaction" category.