[onewhippedpuppy]

I’m an aerospace engineer by education and work for a defense company running ISR special aircraft programs. Feel free to shoot me a PM if you’d like to have some more detailed discussions. Does he specifically want to do aerospace engineering or just be an engineer in aerospace? I ask because he could get a mechanical engineering degree and still qualify for probably 80% of the same positions. Having an AE degree does carry a little more weight if you work in aerospace but it’s also typically at least another semester of very difficult courses over and above an ME degree path.

I graduated from Wichita State University which I would rate as good but not exceptional, in my opinion they lacked in applied education, it was mostly book learning. One huge perk of WSU is the availability of internships though, which is huge for future employment. WSU does a good job with their intern program and there are many local aerospace companies. Another good one not yet mentioned is Oklahoma State. I know quite a few OSU grads and they do an exceptional job of supplementing book learning with hands on education. For instance you won’t only learn the theory behind the operation of a jet engine, then you’ll go to lab and take one apart to see how it works. Stuff like that.

Another consideration is where he wants to live. Ideally you go to school on the same city or region so you can get internships in college that leverage into a full time position upon graduation. That’s how I got my start. What specifically is he interested in within aerospace?