Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology
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Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology (Formerly known as the College of Aeronautics, previously the Academy of Aeronautics prior to 1989 and originally founded as the Casey Jones School of Aeronautics) is a specialized college located adjacent to LaGuardia Airport in Flushing in Queens County, New York. It was founded in Newark, New Jersey in 1932, and moved to New York in 1940. The college's most recent name change, to honor a founder, was on September 1, 2004.
It provides associate, bachelor and master's degrees in engineering, technology, aviation, and mangagment. The Aviation Training Institute at Vaughn offers the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airframe and Powerplant maintenance certificate. Vaughn is the only college in New York to offer the engineering program Mechatronics, developed at MIT, it is believed to be one of the newest and fastest growing up and coming fields of work. Mechatronics is a combination of several engineering types including mechanical, electrical and computer engineering. The institution is also designated by the FAA as a Collegiate Training Institute and offers a non-degree air traffic control program for those wishing to pursue a career in this field.
