U.S. News & World Report ranks 13 UCF graduate programs in the top 50 nationally — and alumni in those programs laud Knight Nation’s world-class faculty.
While pursuing a doctoral degree in aerospace engineering at UCF , Tommy Genova ’20MS ’20PhD worked alongside Professor Kareem Ahmed, one of the world’s foremost researchers in hypersonics and combustion. He played a leading role in designing and measuring outcomes of combustion experiments and collaborated regularly with engineering partners from GE and other companies.
Genova credits Ahmed, as well as renowned professors Jayanta Kapat and Subith Vasu, for helping to propel him to a highly successful career. He now works as the lead engineer of combustion at GE Aerospace, one of the nation’s aviation and aerospace component manufacturing companies.
“I attribute most of my success to the degree I got from UCF,” Genova says. “The technical skills I built and connections I made in my graduate studies and research have been invaluable to get me to the point I’ve gotten to in my career.
Like Genova, the U.S. News and World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings recognize the high quality of UCF’s aerospace engineering graduate program, which advanced seven spots and now is among the top 40 in the nation.
Overall, 13 UCF graduate programs rank among the top 50 in the nation. UCF’s Doctor in Nursing Practice programs, which educate future nurse practitioners in primary, acute care and family specialties, are also recognized among the nation’s best and rank No. 71 in the 2025 rankings.
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