I've worked with engineers at major companies that didn't know there was a University of ND, but know of NDSU. By the numbers of students, SU is more of an engineering school than an ag school. From my experience, engineers I've worked with from UND, NDSU, and SDSU have their !@$! together better than many from larger well known schools.
I did some time at both places. It would be a bad idea to remove any programs from either school because they each have their strong points where individuals will excel in one area or another.