[cockerpunk]

it doesnt matter which school you pick off that list. alma matter doesn't matter anymore. ive hired dozens of engineers in my career and if you judge them based on school, it doesn't work out. some of the best engineers ive hired were from no name schools.

personally, id tell him to go mechanical over aerospace. aerospace is just a subsection of mechanical but you can hire a mechanical for aerospace, you can't hire an aerospace for mechanical. also if hes interested in a masters, mechanical engineer could go into aero that way, but again, your not gonna get an aero doing a masters on mechanical.