Jake,
If you are entirely interested in flying then yes that degree is for you. Yes it was a very fun program with some great people doing the teaching there. As far as being around the geeks, very few if any of my friends have anything to do with aviation. There are definetly the propheads walking around here, but they share little interest in anything that most people like to do. Another selling point is our safety record. No fatalities in many years (I think the last one was back in the 80's) and when incidents do occur, the program is top notch in identifying the factors involved, and instituting immediate changes to our operating procedures,
hope this helps.