<p>I'm an international student here at Purdue and its reputation is the only thing keeping here! I want a top tier aero engineering school that has a good relation with the business field. Someone once posted about two types of schools being in existence(it was MattBowes):</p>
<p>"again, the question boils down to whether you want to be an employee or an employer. its one thing to be in a good aerospace program, its another to be in a good aerospace program in the context of an entrepreneurial, connected school. there will be so many opportunities to start space companies in the next two decades... why ride the wave when you can make the wave (and also billions of dollars)?"</p>
<p>I'm looking for the entrepreneurial, connected school...only in the aeronautical field. So if anyone happens to know of such a school please do tell me! I'll be going as a transfer.</p>
<p>Thank you so much!</p>
<p>You could easily accomplish your dreams at Purdue. The aero program is great...I think think of many schools that are better for aeronautical engineering. With a business minor, you would be fine. </p>
<p>If you really want to transfer, MIT and Stanford come to mind, if you have the stats for top schools.</p>
<p>University of Michigan</p>
<p>From what I have heard, Purdue is especially good for astro. There are other schools good for Aeronautics like UMich. Plus I don't quite like the atmosphere here for some reason. So anyone saying that Purdue Aero is good, make no mistake, it is good. It's just that I don't quite feel like it here. Oh , and I favor a private over a public University anyday.</p>
<p>If you prefer privates, in addition to Stanford and MIT, you should look at Cornell and RPI (the latter shouldn't be too difficult to get into). </p>
<p>(Also: in my first post, I meant to say "I can't think of many schools that are better"...excuse the typo.)</p>
<p>What do you say about Embry Riddle Aeronautical University? Or what about Ga Tech and UT Austin? As fas as I feel, they all have almost the same program rigor besides bragging rights(OMG my school got 6th best ranking!11 LoLOL! I am leet!). The surroundings and the campus facilities are also a bit of an importance even though I know that its not the main reason you attend college.</p>
<p>I've heard good things about Embry-Riddle. You'd do well there, I think. </p>
<p>UT Austin is a great school, although the social atmosphere will be similar to what you're currently facing at Purdue, as they're both major D1 publics. Georgia Tech probably has more of a tech school vibe. Both are solid academically, but not better than Purdue.</p>
<p>This is the ranking I found in another thread:</p>
<p>Undergraduate engineering specialties:
Aerospace / Aeronautical / Astronautical
(At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate)
Methodology
1 Massachusetts Inst. of Technology
2 Georgia Institute of Technology *
3 University of Michigan–Ann Arbor *
4 Stanford University (CA)
5 California Institute of Technology
6 Purdue Univ.–West Lafayette (IN)*
6 U. of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign *
8 Princeton University (NJ)
9 University of Texas–Austin *
10 Cornell University (NY)
10 Univ. of Maryland–College Park *
12 Texas A&M Univ.–College Station *
13 Pennsylvania State U.–University Park *
14 Virginia Tech *
15 University of Washington *
16 Univ. of California–Los Angeles *
16 Univ. of Southern California
16 University of Colorado–Boulder *</p>