Aerospace Engineering Programs

Aerospace Engineering is offered at 98 institutions across the United States. Bachelor graduates earn a median salary ranging from $83,057 to $125,514, with the highest-earning program at University of Southern California ($125,514). The most common degree level is Bachelor (76), followed by Master (72) and Doctoral (53).

Bachelor (76) · Master (72) · Doctoral (53) · Associate (3) · Graduate Certificate (13) · Undergraduate Certificate (8)

Bachelor (76)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Purdue University-Main Campus IN $97,332 314
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach FL $95,552 304
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA $106,633 246
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus GA $102,415 224
University of Colorado Boulder CO $116,350 218
University of Central Florida FL $96,972 205
Texas A&M University-College Station TX $97,227 162
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott AZ $95,552 147
University of Florida FL $94,375 143
University of Maryland-College Park MD $98,044 142
The University of Texas at Austin TX $104,422 138
United States Air Force Academy CO Not reported 138
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL $97,276 137
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona CA $106,171 126
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA $99,159 126
University of Alabama in Huntsville AL $87,339 124
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ $96,946 123
Iowa State University IA $94,089 121
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY $94,750 117
San Diego State University CA $100,139 111
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo CA $107,498 110
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI $115,075 103
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH $92,999 96
Auburn University AL $102,756 95
University of California-Irvine CA $100,537 95
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Institution State Median Earnings Completers
University at Buffalo NY $92,360 95
California State University-Long Beach CA $101,797 92
University of California-San Diego CA $100,173 87
Florida Institute of Technology FL $97,015 81
New Mexico State University-Main Campus NM $96,510 80
West Virginia University WV $94,750 80
University of California-Davis CA $93,414 79
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus OK $91,249 79
Missouri University of Science and Technology MO $96,090 78
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC $89,932 77
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN $92,422 70
The University of Alabama AL $91,999 69
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA $111,349 68
Mississippi State University MS $88,444 68
San Jose State University CA Not reported 68
University of California-Los Angeles CA $115,706 63
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN $89,015 61
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus OH $88,511 60
Worcester Polytechnic Institute MA $105,171 59
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA $114,620 57
University of Arizona AZ $86,529 56
University of Southern California CA $125,514 55
Wichita State University KS $83,057 54
Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ $94,598 52
University of Kansas KS $92,335 51
United States Naval Academy MD Not reported 50
Clarkson University NY $91,066 48
Case Western Reserve University OH $106,134 45
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide FL $95,552 44
Western Michigan University MI $94,177 44
University of Virginia-Main Campus VA $85,681 40
Syracuse University NY $90,470 36
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK $89,714 35
Saint Louis University MO Not reported 35
The University of Texas at Arlington TX $99,239 30
Illinois Institute of Technology IL $110,956 28
University of South Carolina-Columbia SC Not reported 27
University of Notre Dame IN $103,022 25
Morehead State University KY Not reported 18
University of Akron Main Campus OH Not reported 15
Tuskegee University AL Not reported 14
Capitol Technology University MD Not reported 14
Stanford University CA Not reported 13
Southern New Hampshire University NH Not reported 12
Kent State University at Kent OH Not reported 10
University of Miami FL Not reported 5
University of Hartford CT Not reported 3
West Virginia University Institute of Technology WV $94,750 0
University of Alaska Fairbanks AK Not reported 0
University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV Not reported Not reported
Rowan University NJ Not reported Not reported

Master (72)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus GA $126,979 213
Purdue University-Main Campus IN $131,275 174
University of Colorado Boulder CO $120,144 157
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI $125,870 153
University of Southern California CA $139,463 141
Johns Hopkins University MD $165,562 114
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA $151,237 68
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL $125,843 65
University of Central Florida FL Not reported 63
Stanford University CA $147,375 58
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach FL $121,654 57
Texas A&M University-College Station TX $119,512 57
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA $115,736 57
University of Florida FL $108,542 54
The University of Texas at Austin TX Not reported 48
University of Alabama in Huntsville AL Not reported 47
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA $142,946 43
Air Force Institute of Technology-Graduate School of Engineering & Management OH Not reported 42
Florida Institute of Technology FL $130,016 41
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ $110,778 40
The University of Alabama AL Not reported 40
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide FL $121,654 33
Naval Postgraduate School CA Not reported 32
University of California-Los Angeles CA $151,186 31
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC Not reported 31
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Institution State Median Earnings Completers
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus OH $105,027 29
Washington University in St Louis MO $118,193 26
University of Maryland-College Park MD Not reported 26
University at Buffalo NY Not reported 26
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo CA $132,720 24
The University of Texas at Arlington TX Not reported 24
Worcester Polytechnic Institute MA $107,344 23
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY Not reported 23
University of Dayton OH Not reported 23
University of Houston TX Not reported 23
San Jose State University CA Not reported 22
Cornell University NY $132,449 21
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA Not reported 19
California State University-Long Beach CA $114,594 17
Auburn University AL Not reported 17
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN Not reported 17
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN Not reported 17
University of California-San Diego CA Not reported 15
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH Not reported 14
Iowa State University IA Not reported 12
University of Notre Dame IN Not reported 12
University of Kansas KS Not reported 11
Missouri University of Science and Technology MO Not reported 11
Utah State University UT Not reported 11
California Institute of Technology CA Not reported 10
Wichita State University KS Not reported 10
University of Arizona AZ Not reported 8
University of South Carolina-Columbia SC Not reported 8
Mississippi State University MS Not reported 7
Rice University TX Not reported 7
New Mexico State University-Main Campus NM Not reported 6
Case Western Reserve University OH Not reported 4
Western Michigan University MI Not reported 3
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK Not reported 3
West Virginia University WV Not reported 3
San Diego State University CA Not reported 3
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona CA Not reported 2
The University of Texas at San Antonio TX Not reported 2
University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV Not reported 1
Kent State University at Kent OH Not reported 1
Wright State University-Main Campus OH Not reported 1
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon PR Not reported 1
Southeastern Oklahoma State University OK $95,171 Not reported
University of Kentucky KY Not reported 0
Morehead State University KY Not reported 0
Capitol Technology University MD Not reported 0
Santa Clara University CA Not reported 0

Doctoral (53)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA Not reported 38
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus GA $134,630 37
Purdue University-Main Campus IN Not reported 34
Texas A&M University-College Station TX Not reported 26
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA Not reported 24
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI Not reported 23
University of Colorado Boulder CO Not reported 22
University of Maryland-College Park MD Not reported 19
Stanford University CA Not reported 18
California Institute of Technology CA Not reported 12
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL Not reported 12
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN Not reported 9
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH Not reported 9
The University of Texas at Austin TX Not reported 9
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY Not reported 8
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA Not reported 8
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA Not reported 8
The University of Alabama AL Not reported 7
University of Kansas KS Not reported 7
Cornell University NY Not reported 7
University of Central Florida FL Not reported 7
University of Florida FL Not reported 7
University of California-Los Angeles CA Not reported 6
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC Not reported 6
Air Force Institute of Technology-Graduate School of Engineering & Management OH Not reported 6
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Institution State Median Earnings Completers
The University of Texas at Arlington TX Not reported 6
University of Arizona AZ Not reported 5
Iowa State University IA Not reported 5
Auburn University AL Not reported 4
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ Not reported 4
Wichita State University KS Not reported 4
University of California-San Diego CA Not reported 4
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus OH Not reported 4
Utah State University UT Not reported 4
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach FL Not reported 4
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN Not reported 3
University of Alabama in Huntsville AL Not reported 2
Missouri University of Science and Technology MO Not reported 2
New Mexico State University-Main Campus NM Not reported 2
University of Southern California CA Not reported 2
Washington University in St Louis MO Not reported 1
University of Dayton OH Not reported 1
Naval Postgraduate School CA Not reported 1
Florida Institute of Technology FL Not reported 1
Capitol Technology University MD Not reported 0
Worcester Polytechnic Institute MA Not reported 0
Mississippi State University MS Not reported Not reported
University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV Not reported Not reported
University at Buffalo NY Not reported 0
Case Western Reserve University OH Not reported 0
Kent State University at Kent OH Not reported 0
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK Not reported 0
University of Notre Dame IN Not reported 0

Associate (3)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide FL Not reported 47
Rockland Community College NY Not reported Not reported
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach FL Not reported Not reported

Graduate Certificate (13)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Naval Postgraduate School CA Not reported 82
Air Force Institute of Technology-Graduate School of Engineering & Management OH Not reported 7
Florida Institute of Technology FL Not reported 7
University of Southern California CA Not reported 4
Duke University NC Not reported 2
George Mason University VA Not reported 1
Stanford University CA Not reported 1
Florida Atlantic University FL Not reported 1
University of Alaska Fairbanks AK Not reported 0
California Institute of Technology CA Not reported 0
Iowa State University IA Not reported 0
University of Kansas KS Not reported 0
Citadel Military College of South Carolina SC Not reported Not reported

Undergraduate Certificate (8)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
University of Kentucky KY Not reported 18
Florida Atlantic University FL Not reported 9
Rowan University NJ Not reported 8
The University of Texas at San Antonio TX Not reported 5
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA Not reported 2
Southern New Hampshire University NH Not reported 1
Capitol Technology University MD Not reported 0
Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi TX Not reported 0