What university should I go to in order to become a space engineer?

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<p>Should take 6-7 years: 4-5 years for the BS in mechanical engineering and 2 years for the MS in aerospace engineering. I do think you should be open to the mechanical engineering major, though; you can move into aerospace from that.</p>

<p>Not sure how you feel about an HBCU, but my husband did this Project SPACE program at Morehouse College. He majored in aerospace engineering and it came with a full scholarship. He also did two summer internships at the NASA center in Huntsville. The caveat is that it’s a 3/2 program.</p>

<p><a href=“https://www.morehouse.edu/academics/NASA/[/url]”>https://www.morehouse.edu/academics/NASA/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I also second the recommendations of UA-Huntsville and the main UA campus.</p>

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<p>Of HBUs, Tuskegee has aerospace engineering; Howard, Florida A&M, NC A&T, Prairie View A&M, and perhaps others have mechanical engineering.</p>

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<p>What’s an HBU? I looked it up and it said Houston Baptist University.</p>

<p>Okay, my plan is to get a degree in mechanical, then focus on getting a grad school with a good astronautics program (because I want to specialize in spacecraft engineering)</p>

<p>Also, my parents told me that a lot of their income goes to paying the mortgage.</p>

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<p>HBCU=Historically Black College or University.</p>

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<p>I agree with the majority. Cal Poly SLO has a respected engineering program. It’s also relatively cheap.</p>