<p>I'm a sophomore in high school, looking for any tips on finding for a good undergrad Aerospace Engineering college with AFROTC. Can anyone help me?</p>
<p>Go to collegeboard's college finder, and enter in those variables. Then sort by SAT Verbal/Math scores. That would be a very rough cut and a good start.</p>
<p>University of Kansas has a well regarded Aerospace program, and considering the size it would be surprising not to have AFROTC. A surprising number of kids from Chicago end up at KU.</p>
<p>100% Embryo-Riddel University at Daytona, Florida. You can also have a good chance possibly working at Lockheed Martin or Boeing after you graduate pretty good from ER Univ.</p>
<p>I recommend UT Austin. Their program is 9th in the nation (US News) and it's easy to get accepted there.</p>
<p>The United States Air Force Academy. But its sort of competitive.</p>
<p>Out of curiousity, why are you interested in ROTC? If it is to pay for college, some places have very good financial aid (such as Princeton which is ranked number 1 in aerospace)</p>
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<p>I wouldn't say it's easy to get into by any means. First, due to the state law requiring at least 90% of undrgraduates to be from Texas, as well as the top 10% rule for in-state students, admission for the remaining <10% of undergrad slots is much more competitive. In addition to out of state students, there are also a lot of international students drawn to the highly ranked natural science and engineering departments. Also, admission to UT-Austin doesn't guarantee admission to the more competitive programs like architecture, business, and engineering.</p>
<p>That being said, UT-Austin is certainly one of the top aerospace engineering schools (as well as all other engineering schools.) And UT's faculty is 4th after only MIT, Stanford, and Berkeley in terms of NAE representation.</p>
<p>Regarding Embry-Riddle and the Air Force Academy - I wouldn't put either in the same league as the top engineering research universities. For one, even though the Air Force Academy is extremely competitive to get in, the quality of faculty is nowhere near the same caliber as the top research universities. This isn't really a slight - it's just a reality, since the Academy is not engaged in research in the same way. Now, it's not that an outstanding undergraduate education can't be obtained either place, it's just that there is something to be said (especially for tech fields) for studying near pioneers in a given field at a major research university.</p>
<p>Ungst - "(such as Princeton which is ranked number 1 in aerospace)". Ummm, no it's not. For Undergrad only Embry Riddle (FL) is ranked 1, Air Force Academy 2 and Embry Riddle (AZ) 3. For programs with PhDs MIT is 1, Georgia Inst Tech 2 and U Mich 3 (from USNWR). While Princeton is a top-notch liberal arts school they are not, to my knowledge, known for engineering.</p>
<p>JWT - What you say about lacking some exposure to leading edge topics at USAFA and Embry Riddle is probably true. However, since it is an undergrad only college there tends to be an availability of professors and hands on work for the students that may not be available at larger schools. Past projects have gone up on the shuttle. The broad-based curriculum at USAFA invites experimenting with different classes. I went there years ago (majored in management) and had engineering courses from mech, EE, Aero, Astro (all required). The OP will probably find something to like from the broad curriculum.</p>
<p>My brother did AFROTC and an aerospace engineering degree at U. of Cincinnati.</p>
<p>Erin's Dad- <a href="http://www.academicanalytics.com/Engineering.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.academicanalytics.com/Engineering.pdf</a>. Princeton is not considered a Liberal Arts School.</p>
<p>UNGST - You're right; my bad. Princeton is not a LAC. However the academicanalytics rankings are purely for PhDs and are measuring faculty productivity. That is not necessarily a good measure of merit for undergrad education. I don't believe Princeton even offers an undergrad aero degree now (I can't find it).</p>
<p>My dad wanted to go to Embry-Riddle, but his parents wouldn't pay for it. He ended up at University of Maryland, College Park. He says the faculty for the most part were amazing, and the classes were always challenging. He ended up doing research with an aerospace prof. It's a great school and much more economical than Embry-Riddle, unless you are expecting fin aid.</p>
<p>Right out of UMD he got a job with Lockheed Martin.</p>
<p>Embry-Riddle I thought had better aviation programs than aerospace?</p>
<p>So what percentage of aero majors at elite national universities secretly wish at the end of the day (or in their 40's) that they were instead graduates of USAFA or USNA?</p>
<p>USAFA and ERAU have excellent Aero programs. Actually, USAFA offers two majors in aerospace--aeronautical and astronautical engineering. As a plug for USAFA (Since I go there), access to professors here is very good. With most professors (no TAs here, it's all military officers and civilian profs) you can just ask to see them the next day. Some are willing to spend hours working with a student to see them excel.</p>
<p>Illinois Institute of Technology and UIUC also have aero programs and AFROTC programs. IIT has a strong aero dept. and will cover all costs for ROTC cadets...a really good deal.</p>
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<p>Did you talk to Bill Savage and get permission to use the document in this context?</p>
<p>Of course I did... What a silly question!</p>
<p>NC State University has aerospace engineering and AFROTC</p>
<p>MIT, Caltech, Michigan and GT are probably the top 4 undergraduate programs. Maryland, Princeton, Purdue and Stanford are also great. Lockheed, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, even NASA recruit dozens of undergrads from each of those campuses annually. </p>
<p>Erin's Dad, Princeton offers Aerospace Engineering as part of its Mechanical Engineering program, and like all other top programs, it offers its undergrads incredible research and instructional opportunities. </p>
<p><a href="http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/index.html</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.ae.gatech.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.ae.gatech.edu/</a></p>
<p><a href="https://engineering.purdue.edu/AAE/%5B/url%5D">https://engineering.purdue.edu/AAE/</a></p>
<p><a href="http://mae.princeton.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://mae.princeton.edu/</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.aero.umd.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.aero.umd.edu/</a></p>
<p>Caltech does not offer a manor in Aerospace as far as I know, but the dpeartments of Mechanical Engineering, Astrophysics and Control & Dynamics offer enough courses in related subjects for undergrads to create their own major. Maybe a Caltech student or alum can confirm this.</p>
<p>ERAU or U of Michigan.</p>
<p>and btw, princeton is not ranked no.1 for AE...
not any ranking or 'rankers' that I know of rank princeton 1st for AE, such as USNWR.</p>
<p>According to USNWR, ERAU is ranked 1st for AE with colleges without phD, whereas i think MIT is 1st for colleges with phD.</p>