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 $10 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 34,000 full-time enrolled students.
  • Embry-Riddle Worldwide has more than 170 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 (Worldwide Campus, Langley AFB, Va.), B. Alvin Drew (Worldwide Campus, Las Vegas, Nev.), Ronald Garan Jr. (Worldwide Campus, Las Vegas, Nev.), Susan Kilrain (Daytona Beach Campus), Nicole Stott (Daytona Beach Campus), and Terry Virts Jr. (Worldwide Campus, Spangdahlem, Germany).
  • Embry-Riddle has an annual operating budget of approximately $265 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).