Good graduate schools?
 

I'm graduating from Purdue this semester and have started thinking about graduate school. I know this is a little late to start thinking about it but I really had just planned to go to work after school. I am in the aviation technology program and am being trained to be a pilot. During one of my classes last semester I came to the realization that there is almost no creativity involved or upward movement possible in a career as an airline pilot.

My question to everyone is this: do you know of a school in a city with a good graduate degree (masters) program that has a focus on aviation. My preference is Information Technology in aviation or human factors design in aviation. Please don't say Embry-Riddle (no offense, but it's too small), UND (too cold), or San Jose State (sort of failing aviation program right now). I don't know if it's possible to "make your own" masters program. If anyone has been in this position before, I would appreciate finding out what you have done.

If you really want to get ahead with a good master's degree, the size if the school or its climate should be of little or no consequence.

I would seriously suggest that you consult your advisor / career and graduate advising office. It seems like you need to get a better grasp of what graduate school is, and what it can do for you. Consulting with professionals who are paid to help you with these decisions will be infinately better than asking random people on a message board.

Certainly you want to talk with an advisor, or a faculty member you trust, or something like that. But random people on a messageboard can also give a different perspective. From what little I know about it (and lets face it, as a Philosophy student, it's not much), but I've heard that IU-Bloomington has a good CS program that might have what you need.