Any forum members Embry Riddle Alumni? 2

[ornerynorsk]

Hello All,

Just curious for some personal insight into Embry Riddle (quality of programs, instructors, equipment and training aids, etc) as a whole. They currently are or recently have been rated the number 1 US aerospace and flight university, for what that's worth.

Reason I'm asking is that my eldest daughter was just accepted for the Aerospace Engineering program. She and I have both done our due diligence, and we will be visiting the Prescott campus in June, but any commentary and meaningful opinion from 'Tips members would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

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[berkshire]

ornerynorsk (Industrial)

I used to go there as a guest lecturer in the 1980's teaching fault detection and repair methods in advanced composites.
At that time they were a bit skimpy on that stuff, but they have had over 30 years to get their act together on that.
Their classrooms and lab facilities were exellent at the time.
They also then had a fleet of Cessna 172's for flight training.
B.E.



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[ornerynorsk]

Thank-you B.E.

Appreciate your taking the time to share.

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[berkshire]

ornerynorsk (Industrial)
I forgot to mention it was the Daytona beach Fla campus I attended.
B.E.

The good engineer does not need to memorize every formula; he just needs to know where he can find them when he needs them. Old professor

 

[bigTomHanks]

I work with several Embry graduates who attended one of the brick and mortar campuses and they all seem to be good engineers. I think their engineering education is on par with what you would expect for any undergraduate university and companies don't seem to have an issue hiring them. I was a little surprised to find out so many of my colleagues were Embry graduates but this was because I did not know they had a regular campus. During my time in the military Embry did a lot of advertising for their online programs so I assumed that they were a regular for profit school diploma mill.