As an aerospace engineer I would have to say our curriculum trumps ME.
We get most of the ME curriculum + advanced mathmatics, + advanced phyics & thermo + fluid dynamics + electronics & instumentation.
The wide variety of skills served me well. The computer programming skills I learned allowed me to make some good money for several years as a programmer and project manager during the dot com boom which was great since the aerospace sector was in a bad shaoe when I graduated.
When the 930 project is complete I will probably start looking around for some fun engineering work again. I love my current machinist job but its not quite the money I have become accustomed to.