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⌐ AV8OR WANNABE
Tom -
You didn’t tell us how far you’ve gotten so far? You are graduating with an aerospace degree so do you have a private pilot license, a CFI or nothing so far? I’m asking because when I was graduating from my aviation university I was a CFI/II & MEI with over 1,000 hours of flight time. In other words our advice will vary greatly based on which stage of your career you are at.
UCSD is not an aviation college, more engineering and science.
Like someone said, you probably want to seriously consider whether an aviation career would be stimulating enough for you. Since the industry (and most other industries) are down right now, you might want to get that graduate degree, and earn a PPL license on the side. I would suggest getting a job in your field if you can, and fly for fun on the side...that should give you a baseline for comparison.
As you probably know, most of the aerospace and defense workers in this country are over the age of 50...in the long run there should be plenty of opportunity in your field as they retire.