Top 10 Aerospace Engineering Colleges

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and has a student body of more than 4,000. MIT is a research university that specializes in engineering, as well as math and science.

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  77 Massachusetts Ave.
  Cambridge, MA 02139
  617-253-3400
  Web.mit.edu

Georgia Institute of Technology

• Georgia Institute of Technology is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and has a student body of more than 13,000. Georgia Tech is a research university that specializes in research in a variety of fields including seven different types of engineering.

  Georgia Institute of Technology
  225 North Ave. NW
  Atlanta, GA 30332
  404-894-4154
  Gatech.edu

University of Michigan

• The University of Michigan (UM) is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and has a student body of more than 26,000. UM offers a large range of undergraduate and graduate degrees and a world-renowned engineering faculty.

  University of Michigan
  1000 S. State St.
  Ann Arbor, MI 48109
  734-764-7433
  Umich.edu

Purdue University

• Purdue University is located in West Lafayette, Indiana, and is a large university with more than 30,000 students. Purdue offers a wide range of engineering degrees. Many U.S. astronauts have received their degrees from Purdue.

  Purdue University
  475 Stadium Mall Drive
  West Lafayette, IN 47907
  765-494-1776
  Purdue.edu

California Institute of Technology

• The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, California, has a small student body of about 2,000 and is known to be one of the best universities in the world specializing in science and engineering. It operates NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

  California Institute of Technology
  1200 E. California Blvd.
  Pasadena, CA
  626-395-6341
  Caltech.edu

University of Maryland

• The University of Maryland (UM) is located in College Park, Maryland, and has a large student body of more than 37,000. UM offers a variety of undergraduate majors, which include its high-ranked aerospace engineering program.

  University of Maryland
  College Park, MD 20742
  301-314-8385
  Maryland.edu

University of Illinois

• The University of Illinois is located in Champaign, Illinois, and has a large student body of more than 70,000 on its three campuses. The university boasts high-ranked research programs, and its alumni include 11 Nobel Prize winners.

  University of Illinois
  601 E. John St.
  Champaign, IL 61820
  217-333-0302
  Uiuc.edu

Stanford University

• Stanford University is located in Stanford, California, and has a student body of more than 15,000. Stanford has one of the best undergraduate aerospace engineering programs and in 2009, was ranked as the third-best school for graduate studies in aerospace engineering by USNWR.

  Stanford University
  450 Serra Mall
  Stanford, CA 94305
  650-723-2091
  Stanford.edu

University of Texas

• The University of Texas is located in Austin, Texas, and has a student body of nearly 50,000. The university has more than 300 degree programs that are nationally ranked, including its aerospace engineering program.

  University of Texas
  1900 University Ave.
  Austin, TX 78712
  512-471-5893?
  Utexas.edu

Virginia Tech

• Virginia Tech University is located in Blacksburg, Virginia, and has a student body of more than 30,000. Virginia Tech is a well-known research university with a wide range of studies, specializing in engineering and technology.

  Virginia Tech
  210 Burrus Hall,
  Blacksburg, VA 24061
  540-231-6267
  Vt.edu