Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Did You Know...

  • Embry-Riddle's aerospace engineering program is the largest in the nation -- three times the size of the next largest program.
  • Embry-Riddle's engineering physics program is one of the largest of all such ABET-accredited programs in the nation.
  • The major airlines hire more alumni from Embry-Riddle than from any other collegiate aviation program.
  • Embry-Riddle's undergraduate aeronautical science (professional pilot) program is the largest in the nation; it is as large as the other top 10 U.S. collegiate flight programs combined.
  • Embry-Riddle is the nation's largest supplier of air traffic controllers with bachelor degrees to the FAA.
  • Embry-Riddle's two Air Force ROTC detachments form the largest university-based Air Force commissioning source in the nation.
  • Embry-Riddle's AFROTC detachments also produce more commissioned officers and more pilots and other rated officers for the Air Force than any other institution in the nation except the Air Force Academy.
  • U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks Embry-Riddle's aerospace engineering program No. 1 in the nation among schools without doctoral programs.
  • Embry-Riddle's student precision flight teams consistently rank among the top in the nation in the SAFECON competition sponsored by the National Intercollegiate Flying Association.
  • Embry-Riddle conducts approximately $30 million per year in applied research.
  • Embry-Riddle is leading the development of the Next Generation Air Transportation System, working with the DOT, FAA, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Mosaic ATM, and other high-tech companies.
  • Embry-Riddle's three campuses have a total of 23,000 full-time enrolled students.
  • Embry-Riddle Worldwide has more than 130 commuter campuses/centers.
  • Embry-Riddle students set a world record as they launched the first two-stage student sounding rocket from a NASA facility.
  • A team of Embry-Riddle engineering students were the only U.S. representatives invited to submit a proposal for the Google Lunar X-Prize competition.
  • Six Embry-Riddle alumni are current or former astronauts: Daniel Burbank, B. Alvin Drew, Ronald Garan Jr., Susan Kilrain, Nicole Stott, and Terry Virts Jr.
  • Embry-Riddle employs 3,200 people and has an annual revenue budget approaching $300 million.
  • Embry-Riddle's student athletes have consistently high GPAs.
  • Embry-Riddle is one of the recipients of the 2007 Collier Trophy for our role in the development of the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast system (ADS-B).