<p>I was seriously considering Embry Riddle until I learned that their average students have very low test scores. Because of this, I want to reconsider the school. Some other schools on my list, which I'm choosing based on the rankings in US News college rankings for Aerospace Engineering. Therefore I'm also considering University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and University of Maryland at College Park.</p>
<p>Is it a shallow reason to rethink a school based on the caliber of students they admit, which is also based on the school's profile on the CollegeBoard site?</p>
<p>USNews Undergraduate Engineering Specialty Rankings for Schools offering a PhD:</p>
<p>Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronautical
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
2 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA
3 University of Michigan–Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 4 Purdue University–West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN
5 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 6 University of Maryland–College Park College Park, MD
7 University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
8 Stanford University Stanford, CA
9 University of Texas–Austin Austin, TX
**10 Virginia Tech **Blacksburg, VA
11 Princeton University Princeton, NJ 12 Texas A&M University–College Station College Station, TX
13 Cornell University Ithaca, NY 13 Pennsylvania State University–University Park University Park, PA
**15 University of Washington **Seattle, WA 16 University of Colorado–Boulder Boulder, CO
17 University of California–Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA
**18 Iowa State University **Ames, IA 18 North Carolina State University–Raleigh Raleigh, NC</p>
<p>Thank you! I’ll add Virginia Tech to the list and I’ll consider University of Washington. Embry-Riddle showed up as number one on the list for Aerospace Engineering for schools who offer only a bachelors as the highest degree. How can I find out if these schools have a stronger Aerospace Engineering department?</p>
<p>You should also take a look at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. It’s the oldest engineering school in the US and has great engineering programs across the board. Incoming freshman class has avg SAT of 1363/1600 so student body is very good. Don’t just go by US News.</p>
<p>You won’t get much $ from the schools listed above since they will be OOS publics. How will you afford them on your family’s income? Since you’re considering ROTC you may want to look at the service academies. Very rigorous engineering curricula.</p>
<p>My friend’s son just chose Purdue over Michigan, USC, Illinois instate, Wash U and Northwestern for Aero Eng. The had an automatic scholarship deal and he got into honors engineering. He visited all of them. High EFC.</p>
<p>I am also looking at West Point. These would be my “back up” schools. Thank you all for your input! This has definitely helped make my school selection process much easier.</p>
<p>I was hoping that if I received the AROTC scholarship, that would cover the costs of my OOS tuition. I’ll look to pay for room and board myself through loans.</p>
<p>Look at Ohio State and Case Western… Ohio State has its own School of Aviation (and I think it still has its own airport, albeit it is a small airport).</p>