The Graduate Aerospace Laboratories of the California Institute of Technology is the top-ranked aerospace engineering program, according to a 2010 finding by US News. This program, located in Pasadena, emphasizes aerospace engineering, biosystems engineering. Students are taught to incorporate basic experiments, simulations, and theory to a number of case scenarios and temporal scales. The faculty are amongst the best in the field, and students have full access to the program's laboratories, libraries and research facilities.
California Institute of Technology
1200 E. California Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91125
626-449-2677
galcit.caltech.edu/
The Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, is the second best aerospace engineering program, according to a 2010 ranking by US News. This program prepares students for success in the design, conception, operation and implementation of aerospace engineering systems. Students work hands-on in the program's state-of-the-art research laboratories and clinics, and have access to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Wallace Astrophysical Observatory, located in Westford, Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-253-1000
web.mit.edu/aeroastro/index.html
Stanford University, located in Stanford, California, offers students the third best aerospace engineering program, according to a 2010 US News report. This program emphasizes the importance of control and navigation, space systems, computational-based design, and sustainable aviation in aerospace engineering. Students have access to the program's research facilities and libraries, and work with some of the nation's leading aerospace engineers.
Stanford University
630 Serra Street
Stanford, CA 94305
650-723-4291
aa.stanford.edu/