MS Aero at Purdue vs. Stanford

boneh3ad
Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:40:04 +0000

Stanford is overall a more prestigious school (and engineering school), but Purdue carries more weight in the aerospace community. I know US News has Stanford ranked higher in aerospace engineering, but honestly, there seems to be a greater amount of high profile research coming out of Purdue in aerospace engineering, especially in my area of expertise (aerodynamics). Then again, if you are doing distance learning, you would not be doing a theses (or at least not a traditional one based on research done at the school) so that isn’t really a huge issue.

Really, it doesn’t matter which one you go to. Both have absolutely exceptional aerospace schools, and both are respected in industry.