Best Undergrad Focused Aerospace Engineering Schools

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<p>I agree with most of your points fractalmstr, but I think you understate the importance of instruction at major research universities. I majored in Econ, but most of my high school friends majored in Engineering at schools like CMU, Cornell, MIT, Michigan, Northwestern and Stanford. The general sentiment was that instruction was sporadically good at the underclassman level, but that intermediate and advanced level classes were on the whole very well handled by faculty. I am not sure the tough love approach that underclassmen receive at research universities is such a bad thing either. The figure-it-on-your-own approach does develop good work ethic and emphasizes collaboration between students.</p>

<p>Also, I am not so sure that major aerospace firms and agencies will approach a university which graduates hundreds of highly qualified AE annually the same way as it would a small college that graduates a dozen or so general Engineering majors. I am referring to the likes of Olin, Rose Hulman and other similar institutions. HMC, Embry Riddle and CalPolySLO are the exception here.</p>

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<p>OP is advised to check graduation rates at some of these “undergraduate focused” schools. Caveat Emptor.</p>

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<p>Purdue is good for Aerospace. You don’t need to go to a research university for undergraduate. CEO of Raytheon, a large aerospace company, got his undergraduate degree from Cal Poly SLO and some of his top executives went to Purdue.</p>

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