Universities That Offer Aerospace Engineering

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

• Located on two campuses, one in Arizona and one in Florida, Embry-Riddle University is widely recognized as one of the top colleges for the study of aerospace engineering. Embry-Riddle offers a Bachelor of Science degree in the field. The degree is designed to provide students with a broad foundation in aerospace engineering for a variety of career fields or for graduate school.

  Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  3700 Willow Creek Road
  Prescott, AZ 86301-3720
  (386) 226-6000
  erau.edu

M.I.T.

• The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) has one of the top aerospace engineering programs in the country. According to U.S. News and World Report, M.I.T. tied with Cal Tech in 2009 for the top spot as the highest rated aerospace engineering program in the United States. Like Embry-Riddle, M.I.T. has a comprehensive undergraduate degree in the field. The graduate program offers a wide array of research fields including aerospace computational engineering, air-breathing propulsion, aircraft systems engineering, air transportation systems, autonomy, communications and networks, controls, humans in aerospace, materials and structures, space propulsion and space systems.

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  School of Engineering
  77 Massachusetts Ave.
  Room 1-206
  Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
  (617) 253-2917
  web.mit.edu/admissions/graduate

California Institute of Technology

• The California Institute of Technology (Cal Tech) is widely regarded in the field of aerospace engineering as evidenced by its virtual tie for the top spot in the list compiled by U.S. News and World Report. Cal Tech offers students a unique opportunity to work with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Cal Tech is conveniently located in Southern California at "the heart of space technology corridor." Cal Tech's master's degree program is a one-year intensive interdisciplinary program that emphasizes "fluid mechanics, solid mechanics, materials, structures, and propulsion with an emphasis in modern applications in space technology."

  California Institute of Technology
  1200 E. California Blvd.
  Pasadena, CA 91125-4400
  (626) 395-6346
  gradoffice.caltech.edu

Stanford University

• Second only to Cal Tech and M.I.T., Stanford University's aerospace engineering program was rated as one of the best programs in the country, according to U.S. News and World Report. Stanford is particularly known for its interdisciplinary approach to research and allows students to branch out in many directions to pursue studies related to their major program of study. Stanford's aerospace engineering program emphasizes "structural, aerodynamic, guidance and control, and propulsion problems of aircraft and spacecraft."

  Stanford University
  Terman Engineering Center
  Room 214 Stanford, CA 94305-4027
  (650) 723-4291
  soe.stanford.edu