Iowa State has been named one of the premier engineering schools in the nation, according to Aerospace Week and Space Technology Magazine.
This publication has deemed Iowa State the No. 1 school in regards to the number of graduates hired in the aerospace and defense industry. An achievement of such caliber places Iowa State’s aerospace engineering department in the same conversation as prestigious schools such as Cal Tech and MIT.
What sets Iowa State apart from these schools, however, is “places like Cal Tech and MIT turn out some very high quality students, but they don’t turn out very many students,” said Richard Wlezien, professor and department chairman of the aerospace engineering program.
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“I teach a freshman class, Introduction to Aerospace Design, and it's based on the MIT course. When MIT teaches the class, they teach it to 35 students; when I teach the class, I teach it to 230 students.”
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Wlezien said Iowa State is not only up to par with the quality of students it produces but is also exceptional in terms of quantity.
Given the readiness of graduates for the real world and the promising future of job availability in the aerospace and defense field, this level of success appears to be sustainable.
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