Engineering, several acceptances

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:UVA has aerospace. I have a kid at UVA Engineering and he knows of students who are graduating in May who have already landed jobs at Blue Origin and NASA.

How UVA compares to Purdue in this major and employment outcome? Considering Purdue ends up being $5k less

UVA has a very strong AeroE program with ties to NASA, Boeing, SpaceX, and other major employers across the whole US, not just locally.

UVA Engineering also has a high engineering graduation rate - students who start in engineering are very likely to graduate with an engineering degree. They do not have any intentional weed out classes.

[Anonymous]

This seems bad, re: Purdue.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/20/chinese-university-student-trump-crackdown

https://www.science.org/content/article/purdue-blocks-admission-many-chinese-grad-students-unwritten-policy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UVA has had a well respected Aerospace Engineering degree for more than 40 years.

They routinely place graduates to work at Boeing, Northrup, Lockheed, and elsewhere to actual design/engineer aircraft -- commercial & military, manned and unmanned.

UVA is nowhere on this list:
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/engineering-doctorate-aerospace-aeronautical-astronautical?myCollege=engineering-doctorate&_sort=myCollege&_sortDirection=asc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA has aerospace. I have a kid at UVA Engineering and he knows of students who are graduating in May who have already landed jobs at Blue Origin and NASA.

How UVA compares to Purdue in this major and employment outcome? Considering Purdue ends up being $5k less

DP. There is no comparison at all. UVA doesn't rank in aerospace engineering and is waaaay down the list for general engineering. All of the other choices on this list would be better than UVA.

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/engineering-doctorate?myCollege=engineering-doctorate&_sort=myCollege&_sortDirection=asc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA has aerospace. I have a kid at UVA Engineering and he knows of students who are graduating in May who have already landed jobs at Blue Origin and NASA.

How UVA compares to Purdue in this major and employment outcome? Considering Purdue ends up being $5k less

UVA has a very strong AeroE program with ties to NASA, Boeing, SpaceX, and other major employers across the whole US, not just locally.

UVA Engineering also has a high engineering graduation rate - students who start in engineering are very likely to graduate with an engineering degree. They do not have any intentional weed out classes.

Why do you keep repeating this? UVA engineering is *not* considered a strong program, and certainly not aerospace.
DP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA has aerospace. I have a kid at UVA Engineering and he knows of students who are graduating in May who have already landed jobs at Blue Origin and NASA.

How UVA compares to Purdue in this major and employment outcome? Considering Purdue ends up being $5k less

DP. There is no comparison at all. UVA doesn't rank in aerospace engineering and is waaaay down the list for general engineering. All of the other choices on this list would be better than UVA.

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/engineering-doctorate?myCollege=engineering-doctorate&_sort=myCollege&_sortDirection=asc

US News is irrelevant for many fields, including for engineering. ABET means that ranking and prestige do not matter as much for engineering as most other fields.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA has aerospace. I have a kid at UVA Engineering and he knows of students who are graduating in May who have already landed jobs at Blue Origin and NASA.

How UVA compares to Purdue in this major and employment outcome? Considering Purdue ends up being $5k less

DP. There is no comparison at all. UVA doesn't rank in aerospace engineering and is waaaay down the list for general engineering. All of the other choices on this list would be better than UVA.

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/engineering-doctorate?myCollege=engineering-doctorate&_sort=myCollege&_sortDirection=asc

US News is irrelevant for many fields, including for engineering. ABET means that ranking and prestige do not matter as much for engineering as most other fields.

I completely disagree. I think they're spot-on in their engineering rankings. I'm sorry that UVA simply doesn't rate.

[Anonymous]

Purdue Honors—great!
UMD—only if it is by far the cheapest option
Ohio State—no
Case western—no
Uflorida—nice!
UVA—nice! If you can afford it
VTech—nice!
UIUC—great academics but bland school otherwise

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would visit Case. I think that the smaller private school experience is substantially different from the big public experience and he should see if he likes i

Also does he have other preferences? My kid likes cold weather. He wouldn’t pick solely on that, but if he got into such a great list of schools it might be enough for him to cross UF off. On the other hand, if your kid loves warm weather that would be a reason to visit.

Congrats to your kid on a fantastic list!

Thank you!
DC prefers cold, campus should have good rec centers with climbing walls and swimming pool. I feel they prefer nerdier crowd than party crowd. Not interested in parties, late nights and such, at least as of today. Very interested in strong technology advanced labs. Preferably close college town , not university dispersed within city ( like George Washington in DC, or Georgia tech in Atlanta).

Go visit Case. DC has a good friend there with a similar personality who is having a great experience. Not engineering though.

[Anonymous]

Case and U.VA are most different from Purdue.

We visited Purdue last weekend (aero). They have their own airport. If your DC visited the rec center, they likely saw the multiple pools, climbing wall, bouldering wall, and Kilter board. It’s a standout facility with good hours. The innovation design center (student maker center building) was also top notch. Can understand your DC’s interest!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Just to clarify. UVA and V tech are our only in state options. Neither gave merit ( at least so far). All other oos schools have merit. Price wise UVA most expensive, VA tech least expensive. All other schools in between those two in state schools.

I don’t think that’s correct. I just went and checked for OOS engineering at both with all the add-ins. It’s about $52k at both.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA has aerospace. I have a kid at UVA Engineering and he knows of students who are graduating in May who have already landed jobs at Blue Origin and NASA.

How UVA compares to Purdue in this major and employment outcome? Considering Purdue ends up being $5k less

DP. There is no comparison at all. UVA doesn't rank in aerospace engineering and is waaaay down the list for general engineering. All of the other choices on this list would be better than UVA.

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/engineering-doctorate?myCollege=engineering-doctorate&_sort=myCollege&_sortDirection=asc

US News is irrelevant for many fields, including for engineering. ABET means that ranking and prestige do not matter as much for engineering as most other fields.

I completely disagree. I think they're spot-on in their engineering rankings. I'm sorry that UVA simply doesn't rate.

And I strongly disagree. My Aerospace engineering kid turned down Ga Tech for UVA, was taught by a woman astronaut, had internships every year, one at NASA and is at Princeton’s engine department finishing his doctorate. It’s unlikely you could do that from VT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC applied for engineering /aerospace, got accepted in several good universities.

Assuming below are same price tag, which would make sense to visit for admitted events if DC visited one so far ( first in the list) and ready to commit.. We think it makes sense maybe to do at least one or two other visits just to see more than one?

Purdue Honors
UMD
Ohio State
Case western
Uflorida
UVA
VTech
UIUC

Congrats to your kid with these options. I have jr studying MechE so my advice would be to see where they think will enjoy the most since they should offer great opportunities. I am intrigued by the Purdue Honors since that seems to offer perks for matriculants. I would then try to visit 2 campuses that you can combine in one trip.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA has had a well respected Aerospace Engineering degree for more than 40 years.

They routinely place graduates to work at Boeing, Northrup, Lockheed, and elsewhere to actual design/engineer aircraft -- commercial & military, manned and unmanned.

UVA is nowhere on this list:
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/engineering-doctorate-aerospace-aeronautical-astronautical?myCollege=engineering-doctorate&_sort=myCollege&_sortDirection=asc

Maybe because the list is not exhaustive? You guys are really overemphasizing the importance of rankings when it comes to engineering. UVA is an excellent school by any measure including its engineering school.

[Anonymous]

Have a kid in engineering at VT. Total I paid this year was 35K.

Also have a kid at UVA engineering. Total I paid this year 47k.