Attended Embry-Riddle AU in Prescott, AZ. BS in Aerospace Engineering. I would not go there again.
Pros of ERAU:
- Second to none facilities and staff.
- Degree that is either very well respected, or despised, depending on who you talk to.
- Prescott campus leaves much time for studying, little for partying.
Cons of ERAU
- $100,000 in debt for a single piece of paper and a whole bunch of knowledge in my head
- Prescott campus is extremely slim on the female side, and the town is a retiree haven...very small party scene, and nothing like at a D1 school.
- The USMC could care less where I got my degree from, and therefore it is pretty much pointless at this time in my career.
Hindsight being 20/20, I should have gone on the full-ride academic scholarship to Oregon State and gotten my BS in Mechanical Engineering instead. I would still be at the same place in my life, minus the $100k in debt. I wanted to go to Riddle, so I did.
I had a good college experience and feel that I wouldn't have gotten quite as much out of my schooling at a state school, but I also feel that I missed out on some of the other things you're supposed to learn at college (partying, etc). Just my opinion.