I have a week to find a college for aerospace engineering

College Search & Selection
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I am looking for aerospace engineering schools (mechanical engineering will work if the school is cheaper or private). So far, I am looking at

Princeton
Columbia
Harvard
Georgia Tech
Rice
Illinois

The college search feature is gone, so that’s great. I have also been accepted to Minnesota-twin cities but would like to leave home for a few years. I checked out UC Boulder but its expensive, and same with Michigan and California schools. Are there any schools I am missing that don’t have lottery admissions to somewhat balance where I should apply?

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Rensselaer, though highly selective, would generally be realistic for fully qualified applicants. For a school less selective than those on your current list, look into Clarkson.

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Purdue has a very strong program. Neil Armstrong went there

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Embry-Riddle: http://prescott.erau.edu/degrees/bachelor/aerospace-engineering/

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I second Embry-Riddle. Also Virginia Tech has a good aerospace program, an excellent MechE school, and affordable.

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Run a search for college navigator, and you will get the link to a good search engine at the National Center for Educational Statistics.

Also take a look at UND in Grand Forks. If you have no problem with weather in the Twin Cities, you should be able to cope towth the climate there, anf you might like the smaller size of the university and surrounding community.

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I heard UC at Boulder great aerospace.

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University of Washington
Witchita State - not lottery admissions

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Here is a list

http://www.findengineeringschools.org/Search/Majors/aero.htm

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Price limit?

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If CU is too expensive, I think most of the schools suggested so far are also going to be expensive unless you live in the state. Some schools do have merit.

Florida Tech
Illinois Tech
Penn State
Purdue
Oklahoma
Virginia Tech

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ASU and U of A are on the list in post #8 by Mastadon. OP may be eligible for merit aid at those schools, which he can figure out from the NPC’s. Also I believe in another post OP said he is from SD, which means that he should look into the WUE. http://wiche.edu/wue.

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Here is a list of ABET accredited Aero programs

http://main.abet.org/aps/accreditedprogramsearch.aspx

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Would ME at South Dakota State University or South Dakota School of Mines and Technology be suitable?

If you have a realistic chance at the schools listed in your original post, and need low net price, then you may want to look at schools with AE and full tuition to full ride automatic merit scholarships for stats, such as University of Alabama - Huntsville and Tuskegee University.

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The best aerospace engineering school ranks, according to US News, go as follows:

  1. MIT
  2. Georgia Tech
  3. Michigan
  4. Purdue
  5. Stanford
  6. CalTech
  7. Illinois
  8. Maryland
  9. Texas
  10. Princeton

I would highly rec. Michigan, which is nationally known for its amazing engineering program overall. If you’re interested in California schools that are private, check out CalTech (though I hear its social environment is nearly dead).

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RPI, selective but not as bad as your list, has merit aid, though may not be cheaper than UC Boulder

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If you are looking for non-lottery admissions try University of Cincinnati. The proximity to GE and required co-op means good opportunities for aerospace at a reasonable price.

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I’ve heard great things about Embry Riddle. There is one campus in Arizona, and one in Florida. Both are very small but if I remember correctly the acceptance rate is more than 90%. It is completely oriented around aerospace engineering, so if you are not absolutely sure about your major, it’s probably not the place for you.

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^ Actually it is around 75-80%, and while their bread-and-butter program is Aerospace Engineering, they do offer other engineering programs as well. It is a great school.

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acceptance rate is a lot lower for engineering. In my dept is is around 40% (computing-related majors).