<p>Every one of those schools is well-represented in industry except perhaps Princeton. They seem to send a ton of people to graduate school from what I can tell.</p>
<p>On that list what are the asterisks indicating?</p>
<p>(and thanks for the extended list)</p>
<p>Edit: Iām dumb, it seems to be indicating which are state schools/public and which are privateā¦</p>
<p>Here are the NRC rankingsā¦similar to aboveā¦but with some differences:</p>
<p>1-1 California Institute of Technology Aeronautics 1-3 1-1
2-2 Stanford University Aeronautics and Astronautics 1-2 2-4
3-5 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Aerospace Engineering 3-9 2-5
3-7 Cornell University Aerospace Engineering 4-13 2-6
4-7 University of Colorado at Boulder Aerospace Engineering Sciences 3-6 5-13
4-9 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics 5-16 3-7
4-11 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Aeronautics and Astronautics 2-7 7-17
7-16 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Aerospace Engineering 7-19 6-16
7-14 Purdue University-Main Campus Aeronautics and Astronautics 5-14 7-17
7-18 University of Maryland-College Park Aerospace Engineering 9-22 5-13
8-18 Texas A & M University Aerospace Engineering 13-23 5-12
8-19 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Aerospace Engineering 7-21 8-18
8-18 University of Notre Dame Aerospace Engineering 8-17 8-20
8-18 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Aerospace Engineering 7-16 8-22
8-19 The University of Texas at Austin Aerospace Engineering 4-11 16-26
Rank Program Regres Quality Survey Quality
9-20 University of Washington-Seattle Campus Aeronautics and Astronautics 9-20 8-21
10-20 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus Aerospace Engineering 12-22 8-20
11-22 University at Buffalo Aerospace Engineering 11-23 10-21
12-22 University of California-Los Angeles Aerospace Engineering 9-20 13-26
16-24 North Carolina State University at Raleigh Aerospace Engineering 13-23 15-27
16-26 University of Florida Aerospace Engineering 15-26 13-25
18-26 Wright State University-Main Campus Engineering 16-24 16-28
20-26 University of Southern California Aerospace Engineering 20-26 17-26
20-28 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Aeronautical Engineering 9-24 26-31
20-28 University of Arizona Aerospace Engineering</p>
<p>Iām going to CU-Boulder this fall for Aerospace. My stats were almost identical to yours. They take 100 freshman students a year into the program.
I also checked out Iowa State, where I was offered lots of merit aid. Great program, but Ames was too rural for me.</p>
<p>If you prefer an urban setting and a small scale school, maybe consider Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)? Itās just south of the loop in Chicago. I know they offer aerospace engineering for undergrad, but I donāt know how good the program is. Just a thought.</p>
<p>How about Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and/or Worcester Polytechnic Institute?</p>
<p>How much are you willing to pay?</p>
<p>I am quite surprised youāre not giving much thought to the University of Michigan. Apart from being ranked 3rd, its connections go far and wide. Michigan Engineering in general is well acquainted with industry, business, entrepreneurship, and many other fields. </p>
<p>When I asked my adviser on what the job prospects are for aero-majors at the U of M, she picked up a memo from one of the professors and said the top 5 companies/institutions that are bending over backwards for U of M aero engineers: GE, NASA, Department of Defense, Rolls Royce, and Lockheed Martin. </p>
<p>Need I say more?</p>
<p>P.S. I would be in disbelief if you didnāt like the campus. Utter shock.</p>
<p>My son has similar stats to OPā¦33 ACT and 3.9 GPA. He is considering many of the same schoolsā¦UIUC, Purdue, Iowa State, Minnesota. He is also seriously considering University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa. They offer Aerospace Engineering and with a 32 ACT and 3.5 GPA you receive free tuition plus $2500 per year for being an engineering major. All new science and engineering campus, dorms, etcā¦ Close proximity to Huntsville with Marshall Space Center, Redstone Arsenal, and MDAā¦plus all major aerospace firms have a presence in Huntsville.<br>
Has anyone looked into this program? Rogracerā¦Iād be interested in our opinion regarding Alabama.</p>
<p>Mmmā¦ The University of Alabama is probably the third best aerospace engineering program in the state of Alabama after Auburn and UA-Huntsville.</p>
<p>There is a reason they give out money that easily.</p>
<p>son might be crazyā¦ but if a school wants to give him $130K heās going to listen. Seems to be getting otherās attention as wellā¦UA has 6th most NMFs in US.</p>
<p>I am not trying to say that your son is dooming himself by going there. Apologies if I came off that way. It is just known for its football program, not its engineering program. I also donāt see a ton of research papers coming out of there at AIAA meetings or in Journals.</p>
<p>Iād say give U Michigan a better look. If I had a choice on schools that is the one I would pick. </p>
<p>Iām going to U Washington because itās a good school with a wind tunnel, and local. However, itās way too big for your preferences.</p>
<p>You realize Michigan is also huge, right? Like 40k.</p>
<p>Having a wind tunnel isnāt anything special. We have a couple, including the old NASA Dryden wind tunnel.</p>
<p>And yes, I would be suspicious of a program that gives you so much money just for being an engineering major. If they give you money for great grades or test scores, sure. But any old engineering major? Plus a stipend on top of that? Those are red flags right there.</p>
<p>If you want a small school, you should check into Rose Hulmanā¦ small, engineering-only school of mostly undergrad students with phenomenal education (#1 in the country for a school of its kind). It may be expensive, though, but definitely worth a visit. It is in southern Indiana near Terre Haute, and has less than, I think, 2000 students total. </p>
<p>Iād see if you could stop by on your way to Purdue.</p>
<p>The OP said he didnāt want an engineering-only school if I remember correctly.</p>
<p>How about Case Western in Ohio ? My son received 17k merit aid to start .Only 17 students came there from NJ .He is a junior ,and VERY happy . He is in a co-op now ,taking a class on jet engines . He sent me a great photo ,sitting on a jet engine ,riding it like a horse .</p>
<p>Hawkings and Boneh3adās comments about engineering at Alabama-Tuscaloosa got me thinking because Lake Jr. intends to apply to UA aerospace engineering, in addition to other programs.</p>
<p>It is well known on collegeconfidential that UA is handing out a lot of financial aid grants to attract out-of-state students and high achievers. In and of itself, clearly thatās not a detriment. But I do agree that non-residents should evaluate UAās academics with great scrutiny. UA is trying to reach up to the level of UTexas-Austin and probably some of the Big Ten schools. It wants to have academic distinction and a great student-life environment, i.e. football etc. Only a few schools pull if off really well. In this regard I think UA-Tuscaloosa is better than UA Huntsville and Auburn.</p>
<p>Hey guys, iām finishing high school next year, in Portugal, i was thinking about applying for a scholarship to study Aerospace engineering in U.S.A, my grades are really good, but i donāt think i could get into M.I.T, itās way too difficult, but anyway, how hard would it be to get into one of the top universities, anyone has an idea?</p>