Originally Posted by
Nige321
I'm not sure what that says about the standard of US universities...
One of my sons is studying Aerospace Engineering at Nottingham University in the UK, I can assure you he's not in it for the money, and he certainly knows what an M3 socket head screw is...
US universities are purely technical theory, with some limited hands-on opportunities. It is up to the student to participate on core building activities.
Aero sector is actually pretty good on providing industry standard formation to entry level engineers. I would probably say it's preferred. Then, once the young engineer is "formed", he quits for a higher paying job on the other side.