How to find reputation for a college’s engineering program?

HN’s, my nephew is being courted by several colleges in the mid-Atlantic area. He has top-1% test scores and is really interested in aerospace engineering.

How would you learn about a school’s program reputation? I will send this question to some industry recruiters but could use some other ideas. His family lives 2000 miles away from me & will be heavily dependent on scholarship money. Thoughts?