Undergraduate International Aerospace Engineering

College Search & Selection
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<p>Just wondering if anyone could advise me on selecting a good aerospace engineering college,with costs less than 35-40k
(with and before scholarships,if available).
I'm interested in working on space missions in the future, and internship opportunities would be great..
Here's my list:
univ of colorado at boulder
univ of michigan
illinois institute of tech (no application fee)
penn state - not sure if they give aid (but has good placement options)
arizona state univ
st louis (catholic)
univ of texas austin
SUNY - buffalo
univ of minnesota
univ of cincinnati
univ of illinois-urbana champaign
cornell
florida inst of tech (zero application fee + good internship/job opps in aerospace later)
iowa state univ
georgia tech (high on my list but you are saying they don't give aid/so what are the fees/costs here?)
berkeley ( no aid possible/expensive)
rochester inst of technology</p>

<p>not sure, as these are expensive and don't know about aid for sure:
ohio state univ (?)
notre dame - catholic (?)
worcester polytechnic univ (?)
purdue - (?)</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Unless you are instate for Michigan and/or a phenomenal student, it costs well in excess of 50K a year. </p>

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<p>The University of Tennessee – Knoxville offers an aerospace engineering undergraduate degree through its Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering: <a href=“BS in Aerospace Engineering | Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering”>http://mabe.utk.edu/academics/undergraduate-programs/bs-in-aerospace-engineering/&lt;/a&gt; . Information on UT’s tuition/fees, financial aid, and scholarships is found here: <a href=“Afford | Undergraduate Admissions”>http://admissions.utk.edu/afford/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Depending on your academics, you may qualify for some merit aid form Illinois Institute of Technology.</p>

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<p>Virginia Tech has a very solid Aero program. In my 20+ years as a senior executive at Lockheed Martin, it was consistently high in our “will interview” listing. I’d seriously consider adding it to your potential application list.</p>

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<p>I forgot to mention that I’m an international student,but thanks everyone!</p>

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<p>Go to the Financial Aid forum and look at the pinned threads there. There is a thread for colleges <$25K/year.</p>

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<p>Many of those OOS publics will be unaffordable because they don’t give aid or merit to int’ls.</p>

<p>How are we to guess which schools would give you merit when you don’t mention any stats? </p>

<p>There are some schools (including privates) that will give you merit.</p>

<p>As for need-based aid, since we don’t know your family’s situation, there could be schools that give need-based aid to int’ls, but they may think your family earns too much or has too many assets.</p>

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<p>Embry-Riddle also has a rock solid aerospace program. Daytona Beach has strong connections with the local space companies, including SpaceX, NASA, and United Space Alliance. Cost is a tad on the high side ($31k for tuition, not including any aid), but relatively affordable compared to some other private schools and even OOS public schools.</p>

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<p>1970 SAT
3.9GPA</p>

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<p>I’ve heard that Embry Riddle has a very theory-based Aerospace Program…Is that true?
Also is Illinois Institute of Tech better than U of Illinois Urbana for Aerospace?
Thanks!</p>

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<p>Which of these schools could I consider as my ‘safety’ schools?
Thanks,again!</p>

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<p>If FIT, Iowa State, ASU, and University of Cincinnati are affordable, they are safeties. I suspect FIT will give you merit aid as it operates on a high cost, high discount model although I’m not sure how true that is for internationals.</p>

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<p>What is your M+CR score? that is what matters for merit and admission. The W doesn’t really matter.</p>

<p>Are you saying that your family will pay $35k? If not, how much will they pay?</p>

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<p>@Khuller No one can judge your safety schools unless you provide some academic and test score information.</p>

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<p>1300-MATH+CR, thanks, everyone!</p>

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<p>Ok…If your parents will pay $35k and you have an 1300 M+CR, then you will have some safeties.</p>

<p>keep in mind that as an int’l, your costs will be higher than a domestic student. You will have to estimate $2k in travel costs and likely $1500ish for insurance. Plus, you will have to show funds for all costs, including personal expenses.</p>

<p>So, you should consider that your parents’ budget is closer to $31k to account for those expenses.</p>

<p>The SUNYs with eng’g might be safeties.</p>

<p>Alabama would give you a half tuition scholarship plus $1250 per year, that would be a safety (if you apply before the Dec deadline). If you apply soon (apps is super ez and quick, no essays, no LORs), you’d have a safety in your had a couple weeks later. </p>

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<p>I think you have a good list plus you can choose from everyone else’s recommendation. However, you should drop Berkeley and Gtech, it is unlikely you can get in and even you do you cannot afford them.</p>

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<p>If the parents’ budget includes add’t funds for insurance and int’l travel, then he doesn’t have to budget for those.</p>

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<p>Thanks again, I visited Alabama’s site, and their fees add up to around 44k a year, and with my grades, I’ll be elligible for about half or 16k a year scholarship.
However, then which school out of cincinnati, minnesota do you think I should I not apply to?
Thanks!</p>