I'm going to preface this by saying I don't know much about aeronautics engineering but I am familiar with another niche engineering industry, Naval Architectur

I'm going to preface this by saying I don't know much about aeronautics engineering but I am familiar with another niche engineering industry, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. Another avenue to consider is to find out what the professional society(s) are for the type of engineering that you're interested in. Look on there website for biographies of leaders for the society, example president, committee chairs, etc. You will likely find a few universities that are more representative than the others. That's a good sign people are actually working in the field. Another good place to just get an idea is the US News and World report site. I know filling out all the applications is a pain, but in the long run it's worth it just to see what you get offered and perhaps there will be another school that seems to be a better fit. A few other good local/ interesting engineering schools you might want to check out: Lehigh University, they were doing some jet engine research there when I was looking at schools. I think Pratt of Pratt and Whitney fame may have been an alumni. If you're interested in foreign language and globalism, university of Rhode Island has an international engineering program where you double major in a language and an engineering discipline. They also had an international internship component. Again I don't know if it's a good program but Embry Riddle is always the first school that pops into my head when someone mentions aerospace/aeronautics engineering. I know good engineers from Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech too. Good luck, it's really a tough decision to pick a college but really it's a pretty personal one. I think like most things in life there are more than one right way to do things but definitely wrong ways. You seem to at least be on the right track.