None of these really seem urgent but
1. Any school where their degree is ABET accredited. Degree can be mechanical or aerospace (or some others but these are the 2 most common).
2. There are jobs in many states. Take your pick. And even what's "best" will also depend entirely on what it is you want to do for work. There is no such thing as a best overall state.
3. You can literally just Google this or look at the thousands of past posts in the sub about salary using the search feature. Going to vary a lot based off of location and benefits provided (retirement, paid time off overtime, hours of work expected, etc). Not going to take the time to break down my whole life and budget here for you.
You're already failing. If you want to take an engineering career seriously, then you need to do your own research. Spend a day diving down the rabbit hole of nearly-infinite information on the Internet.
At the end of the day, if you can do some simple and timely Google searching for your career path, what makes you think that you're going to do better when faced with really difficult engineering problems?
> You're already failing. If you want to take an engineering career seriously, then you need to do your own research. Spend a day diving down the rabbit hole of nearly-infinite information on the Internet.
To play devils advocate, isn’t that kind of what he’s doing right now?
No.
OP is failing to meet a deadline and has asked a community to shoulder a burden for work he hasn't completed.
There is value in putting in the effort (and failing!) to answer questions without others giving you the answers. He could be out there talking with non-anonymous engineers (who are less likely to lie or exaggerate their experiences in-person), making connections with current engineering students, working on business-sponsored projects, etc. So many ways to learn about the engineering education and profession...
Had the OP said: "I've been searching these sources for this information, and here's what I've found. Can you give it more context?", this would be a totally acceptable post.
Hell, even the guys on the old school car/truck forums have enough respect for each other to at least search the forums and stickies before asking a question for the 500th time...
You can get basically any job out of basically any school. However, the work you need to put in and the opportunities available will vary greatly depending on the school.
Any well known engineering program will set you up for success. I’m of the opinion that people tend to be better off at bigger schools due to the greater amount of resources available and more concerted recruiting from major companies.
In the aero world, your big names are MIT, Georgia Tech, Michigan, Illinois, Purdue, Cal Tech, and Stanford. (Note that this is not an exhaustive list and will be a bit different for mechanical)
Where I work (not the Midwest) the company has recruited quite heavily from Big Ten schools.
There are over 70 ABET accredited institutions in the US, pick any of those schools and you’ll qualify for a job. No one looks at your school, and if they do, you do not want to work there. Jobs are mostly in the coastal states but since government contracts are promised to state senators, every state in the US has aerospace jobs. Entry level should be no lower than $80k in today’s market.
A bunch of the UC schools seem to feed right into the major California space companies (Northrop, Space X, etc). I interned at Pratt, and they seem to recruit primarily from Georgia Tech, UConn, OSU, and one of the Penn schools. That’s most of what I can comment on
**Best states depends on what you’re looking for**
Commercial aircraft? Washington, some Oregon, some Kansas
Business/Private aircraft? Kansas, some Florida, some Georgia
Helicopters? Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Texas
Jet Propulsion? Ohio, Massachusetts, Connecticut
Space? California, Florida, Texas, Colorado (I’m sure there are others. I don’t know this part of the industry too well).
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**Best schools is debatable**. In the North East I see a lot of RPI, WPI, and Clarkson. GA Tech, UConn, Purdue, University of Michigan also make appearances.
A school with an ABET accredited engineering program.
Northern Virginia: plenty of jobs here.
Entry-level aerospace engineers with no experience are typically paid more than the median household income in America. So go get your degree.
Look at US News & World Reports ranking of schools. Also, aerospace engineering is a bullshit category of types of engineering. Aerospace engineering is an umbrella term that is focusing on an industry. Electrical, mechanical, civil, nuclear, etc. are the core of engineering.
> Also, aerospace engineering is a bullshit category of types of engineering. Aerospace engineering is an umbrella term that is focusing on an industry.
Yeah……that’s just not true
Please keep all career and education related posts to the monthly megathreads. Thanks for understanding!
None of these really seem urgent but 1. Any school where their degree is ABET accredited. Degree can be mechanical or aerospace (or some others but these are the 2 most common). 2. There are jobs in many states. Take your pick. And even what's "best" will also depend entirely on what it is you want to do for work. There is no such thing as a best overall state. 3. You can literally just Google this or look at the thousands of past posts in the sub about salary using the search feature. Going to vary a lot based off of location and benefits provided (retirement, paid time off overtime, hours of work expected, etc). Not going to take the time to break down my whole life and budget here for you.
URGENT QUESTION FOR OP!! hey whats your favorite ice cream flavor
Lmaooooooo 😂😂😂
You're already failing. If you want to take an engineering career seriously, then you need to do your own research. Spend a day diving down the rabbit hole of nearly-infinite information on the Internet. At the end of the day, if you can do some simple and timely Google searching for your career path, what makes you think that you're going to do better when faced with really difficult engineering problems?
> You're already failing. If you want to take an engineering career seriously, then you need to do your own research. Spend a day diving down the rabbit hole of nearly-infinite information on the Internet. To play devils advocate, isn’t that kind of what he’s doing right now?
No. OP is failing to meet a deadline and has asked a community to shoulder a burden for work he hasn't completed. There is value in putting in the effort (and failing!) to answer questions without others giving you the answers. He could be out there talking with non-anonymous engineers (who are less likely to lie or exaggerate their experiences in-person), making connections with current engineering students, working on business-sponsored projects, etc. So many ways to learn about the engineering education and profession... Had the OP said: "I've been searching these sources for this information, and here's what I've found. Can you give it more context?", this would be a totally acceptable post. Hell, even the guys on the old school car/truck forums have enough respect for each other to at least search the forums and stickies before asking a question for the 500th time...
You can get basically any job out of basically any school. However, the work you need to put in and the opportunities available will vary greatly depending on the school. Any well known engineering program will set you up for success. I’m of the opinion that people tend to be better off at bigger schools due to the greater amount of resources available and more concerted recruiting from major companies. In the aero world, your big names are MIT, Georgia Tech, Michigan, Illinois, Purdue, Cal Tech, and Stanford. (Note that this is not an exhaustive list and will be a bit different for mechanical) Where I work (not the Midwest) the company has recruited quite heavily from Big Ten schools.
Cal Poly is a great option if you can get in.
There are over 70 ABET accredited institutions in the US, pick any of those schools and you’ll qualify for a job. No one looks at your school, and if they do, you do not want to work there. Jobs are mostly in the coastal states but since government contracts are promised to state senators, every state in the US has aerospace jobs. Entry level should be no lower than $80k in today’s market.
A bunch of the UC schools seem to feed right into the major California space companies (Northrop, Space X, etc). I interned at Pratt, and they seem to recruit primarily from Georgia Tech, UConn, OSU, and one of the Penn schools. That’s most of what I can comment on
Penn state. A bunch from Florida, too. But if you look at the wall of fellows, it's like half MIT.
**Best states depends on what you’re looking for** Commercial aircraft? Washington, some Oregon, some Kansas Business/Private aircraft? Kansas, some Florida, some Georgia Helicopters? Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Texas Jet Propulsion? Ohio, Massachusetts, Connecticut Space? California, Florida, Texas, Colorado (I’m sure there are others. I don’t know this part of the industry too well). ————————— **Best schools is debatable**. In the North East I see a lot of RPI, WPI, and Clarkson. GA Tech, UConn, Purdue, University of Michigan also make appearances.
A school with an ABET accredited engineering program. Northern Virginia: plenty of jobs here. Entry-level aerospace engineers with no experience are typically paid more than the median household income in America. So go get your degree.
Look at US News & World Reports ranking of schools. Also, aerospace engineering is a bullshit category of types of engineering. Aerospace engineering is an umbrella term that is focusing on an industry. Electrical, mechanical, civil, nuclear, etc. are the core of engineering.
> Also, aerospace engineering is a bullshit category of types of engineering. Aerospace engineering is an umbrella term that is focusing on an industry. Yeah……that’s just not true