So did all these people. https://engineering.purdue.edu/AAE/AboutUs/Alumni/Distinguished/Astronautbios/ And they still have a worse engineering program than Illinois. Yeah, there's not really a debate to be had here. Yet they're ranked ahead of Illinois in Aeronautical/Aerospace/Astronautical Engineering (and other programs). If someone wanted to study a specific type of engineering, why would they care that Illinois is #5 as a whole and Purdue is #9? Wouldn't they be more concerned about how their individual program was ranked? Illinois is #7 in Aeronautical/Aerospace/Astronautical Engineering. Let's be serious. Everyone knows U of I only get Purdue's rejects for that program. [expletive]. Might as well go to a community college over U of I if you're going to study that.