During my career as a UMaine grad, I held my own against graduates from other prestigious engineering universities such as WPI, Rensselaer and Wentworth. The name and degree may not be as prestigious, the quality and depth is definitely there. More than once my colleagues would cock their heads and ask me where did I learn this and I’d counter with; “What … your school didn’t teach you this?” My only complaints about the place is the brutal mid winter weather and predatory parking tickets.