[Captain Ahab Jr]

He may want to consider Imperial College in London for an aeronautical degree as it will give him more opportunities around the world after finishing than a US engineering degree would.

Other than providing a sound stepping stone into an aerospace job it should also give him a good shot at getting into one of the top F1 or LMP1 motor racing teams.

Again as mentioned, he needs to work out what he want his engineering interests are and work out a way of getting there. If he is unsure then I think he should go foe a ME degree and then maybe go onto a more specialised masters degree once he has worked out what area of engineering interests him more.