Fast Facts
 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is the world's oldest, largest, and most prestigious university specializing in aviation and aerospace. It is the only accredited, aviation-oriented university in the world.
Embry-Riddle is an independent, nonsectarian, not-for-profit coeducational university serving culturally diverse students seeking careers in aviation, aerospace, business, engineering, and related fields.
Embry-Riddle was founded December 17, 1925, by barnstormer John Paul Riddle and entrepreneur T. Higbee Embry, exactly 22 years after the Wright brothers' historic flight.
Embry-Riddle has residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Florida, and Prescott, Arizona, as well as a Worldwide Campus dedicated to providing educational opportunities to working adults worldwide.
The Worldwide Campus provides educational opportunities to off-campus students at more than 130 centers throughout the United States and Europe. In addition, degree programs can be pursued anywhere in the world through Web-based online learning.
Embry-Riddle has a $30 million contract with the U.S. Department of Defense that maintains the University's long-time status as the sole provider of aviation-related degree programs to the U.S. military in Europe.
Embry-Riddle provides training to Air Force, Air National Guard, and international flight safety officers at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, N.M.
Embry-Riddle offers training for aviation maintenance professionals through the Aviation Maintenance Science (AMS) department. These programs include FAA-approved airframe and powerplant mechanic certification and a specialization in avionics line maintenance. FCC certification training is also available through AMS.
U.S. News & World Report ranks Embry-Riddle's aerospace engineering program No. 1 in the nation among schools without doctorate programs. Embry-Riddle's aerospace engineering program is the largest in the nation.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097, Telephone: 404-679-4501) to award degrees at the associate, bachelor, and master levels.
At the residential campuses, certificate programs in flight (private, commercial, instrument, multi-engine, flight instructor, and instrument flight instructor ratings) and flight dispatch are approved by the Federal Aviation Administration.
The University offers more than 30 degree programs. These include undergraduate programs in aeronautical science; aeronautical systems maintenance; aeronautics; aerospace electronics; aerospace engineering; aerospace studies; air traffic management; applied meteorology; aviation business administration; aviation environmental science; aviation maintenance science; aviation management; civil engineering; communication; computer engineering; computer science; electrical engineering; engineering physics; global security and intelligence studies; homeland security; human factors psychology; mechanical engineering; safety science; software engineering; and space physics. Graduate programs are offered in aeronautics, aerospace engineering, business administration, human factors and systems, safety science, software engineering, and space science.
Many types of financial aid, including scholarships, grants, and loans, are available to students, with 91% of residential campus students receiving some form of financial aid.
The University's fleet of 99 instructional aircraft includes the following models: American Champion Decathlon, Cessna 150, Cessna 172, Cessna 172S, Cessna 182RG, Diamond DA42, Piper PA28R Arrow, and Piper PA44 Seminole.
Embry-Riddle's 42 simulators include the following models: Cessna 172 CPT, Frasca 141, Frasca 142, Frasca 242, Frasca AdvATD, Frasca C172 G1000 Level 6 FTD, Frasca C172 Level 6 FTD, Frasca CRJ Level 6 FTD, Frasca PA44 Level 5 FTD, Frasca PA44 Level 6 FTD, Jeppesen FS200AC PCATD, PA44 CPT, and Thales A320 FBS.
Embry-Riddle is a tax-exempt educational institution organized under IRC Sec. 501(c)(3) and Sec. 509(a).
Embry-Riddle's engineering physics program is one of the largest of all such ABET-accredited programs in the nation.
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 precision flight teams consistently rank among the top in the nation in the SAFECON competition sponsored by the National Intercollegiate Flying Association.
Embry-Riddle's two Air Force ROTC detachments form the largest university-based Air Force commissioning source in the nation. The 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.
Within one year of graduation, 96% of Embry-Riddle graduates are employed or are continuing their education.
During the 2006-2007 academic year, 369 students were awarded co-op or intern positions.
The major airlines hire more alumni from Embry-Riddle than from any other collegiate aviation program.
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. Another alumnus, U.S. Air Force Col. David Moore, served as a White House Fellow. During World War II, former U.S. Rep. Bill Lehman of Florida learned aviation maintenance skills at Embry-Riddle and then became an Embry-Riddle instructor. The Lehman Engineering and Technology Center on the Daytona Beach, Florida, campus is named for him. Former U.S. Senate Minority Leader Howard Baker of Tennessee received flight training at Embry-Riddle during World War II.
Retired U.S. Rep. James Kolbe of Arizona currently serves on Embry-Riddle's Board of Trustees. Former U.S. Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona, who was also a former presidential candidate, served on the University's Board of Trustees and was instrumental in the University's acquisition of its Prescott, Ariz., campus.
Combined annual enrollment for all campuses is more than 34,000.
Embry-Riddle students come from all 50 states. International students from 86 nations make up 8% of Embry-Riddle's residential campus student population. Seventeen percent of the University's residential campus students are female.
The overall undergraduate residential campus student-faculty ratio is 14 to 1, with an average class size of 25.
The annual operating budget of Embry-Riddle is approximately $255 million.
Embry-Riddle's Daytona Beach campus, one of the largest employers in Volusia County, Florida, has a $290 million annual economic impact on the county.
In fiscal year 2006-2007, some 171 faculty members were involved in research and other activities with 151 sponsored projects. The total value of all active awards was more than $27 million.
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