Bachelor's degree · Engineering · CIP 14.02
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 74 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering, together awarding 6,433 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $78,794 one year after finishing and $101,189 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $21,500 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Colleges
74
Degrees awarded per yeariBachelor's degrees the school awarded in this major in the most recent reported year.
6,433
Median earnings, 1 yriMedian earnings of graduates who received federal aid, 1 year after finishing, among those working and not enrolled. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$78,794
59 reporting
Median earnings, 5 yrsiMedian earnings of graduates who received federal aid, 5 years after finishing, among those working and not enrolled. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$101,189
57 reporting
Median debtiMedian federal student-loan balance of the program's graduates. Excludes Parent PLUS and private loans. The figure here is the median across institutions; branch campuses share their institution's figure and count once.
$21,500
59 reporting
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Colleges with a bachelor's in Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach Daytona Beach · Private nonprofit | FL | 327 | $78,794 | $101,725 | $25,000 |
| Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette · Public | IN | 323 | $81,997 | $101,189 | $20,500 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta · Public | GA | 248 | n/a | $105,949 | $22,750 |
| University of Central Florida Orlando · Public | FL | 226 | $78,400 | $101,788 | $22,000 |
| Texas A&M University-College Station College Station · Public | TX | 207 | $79,517 | $105,406 | $20,500 |
| University of Colorado Boulder Boulder · Public | CO | 206 | $80,376 | $124,696 | $23,500 |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg · Public | VA | 202 | $81,370 | $100,630 | $22,500 |
| United States Air Force Academy USAF Academy · Public | CO | 174 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Iowa State University Ames · Public | IA | 173 | $79,517 | $91,195 | $25,377 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park · Public | PA | 150 | $79,268 | $104,174 | $27,000 |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott Prescott · Private nonprofit | AZ | 149 | $78,794 | $101,725 | $25,000 |
| University of Florida Gainesville · Public | FL | 143 | $79,940 | $103,564 | $14,000 |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign · Public | IL | 141 | $87,086 | $111,322 | $19,500 |
| University of Maryland-College Park College Park · Public | MD | 130 | $78,870 | $105,386 | $20,068 |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor · Public | MI | 128 | $85,422 | $110,181 | $21,250 |
| California State University-Long Beach Long Beach · Public | CA | 122 | $81,796 | $101,795 | $14,576 |
| California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona · Public | CA | 119 | $87,482 | $112,513 | $18,000 |
| University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville · Public | AL | 116 | $77,505 | n/a | $21,833 |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe · Public | AZ | 109 | $76,108 | $99,687 | $23,500 |
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin · Public | TX | 107 | $81,538 | $104,078 | $20,500 |
| San Diego State University San Diego · Public | CA | 105 | $72,773 | $101,917 | $18,000 |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh · Public | NC | 101 | $74,308 | $100,233 | $22,500 |
| West Virginia University Morgantown · Public | WV | 98 | $73,727 | $100,221 | $25,969 |
| California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo · Public | CA | 95 | $88,269 | $111,710 | $19,500 |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus · Public | OH | 95 | $77,993 | $101,021 | $22,500 |
| Auburn University Auburn · Public | AL | 94 | $76,711 | $100,859 | $21,500 |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy · Private nonprofit | NY | 92 | $82,409 | $102,611 | $26,000 |
| The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa · Public | AL | 92 | $79,759 | $94,027 | $22,725 |
| University at Buffalo Buffalo · Public | NY | 88 | $73,586 | $86,034 | $21,500 |
| University of California-San Diego La Jolla · Public | CA | 88 | $76,064 | $106,878 | $15,000 |
| Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater · Public | OK | 83 | $79,681 | $95,192 | $20,463 |
| Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne · Private nonprofit | FL | 79 | $74,096 | $100,268 | $27,000 |
| Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla · Public | MO | 74 | $73,085 | $98,648 | $22,250 |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester · Private nonprofit | MA | 74 | $79,933 | $107,813 | $27,000 |
| United States Naval Academy Annapolis · Public | MD | 73 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of California-Irvine Irvine · Public | CA | 73 | $65,391 | $103,291 | $10,947 |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis · Public | MN | 72 | $80,773 | $98,111 | $23,281 |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville · Public | TN | 70 | $67,524 | $91,521 | $13,600 |
| University of Kansas Lawrence · Public | KS | 69 | $75,920 | $99,686 | $22,500 |
| University of California-Davis Davis · Public | CA | 67 | $75,453 | $111,260 | $14,000 |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick · Public | NJ | 65 | $79,605 | n/a | $19,875 |
| Mississippi State University Mississippi State · Public | MS | 64 | $72,167 | $91,998 | $21,500 |
| University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati · Public | OH | 64 | $82,289 | $93,690 | $24,512 |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle · Public | WA | 64 | $88,006 | $118,272 | $15,925 |
| New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces · Public | NM | 62 | $67,553 | n/a | $17,745 |
| University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles · Public | CA | 61 | $88,702 | $119,533 | $13,605 |
| University of Southern California Los Angeles · Private nonprofit | CA | 61 | $88,334 | $139,259 | $19,125 |
| Western Michigan University Kalamazoo · Public | MI | 58 | $73,384 | $92,925 | $27,000 |
| Wichita State University Wichita · Public | KS | 58 | $74,577 | $87,531 | $27,000 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge · Private nonprofit | MA | 57 | $94,732 | $113,988 | n/a |
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Quick facts: Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering?
- The College Scorecard lists 74 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering.
- How much do Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $78,794 one year after graduation (59 institutions reporting) and $101,189 five years after graduation (57 institutions reporting). These figures cover graduates who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled in school. Branch campuses share their institution's figures, so each institution counts once.
- Where do Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: University of Southern California ($139,259), San Jose State University ($138,550), University of Colorado Boulder ($124,696), University of California-Los Angeles ($119,533), and University of Washington-Seattle Campus ($118,272).
- How much student debt do Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering graduates have?
- The median institution's Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering graduates leave with $21,500 in federal student loans (59 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach (327), Purdue University-Main Campus (323), Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus (248), University of Central Florida (226), and Texas A&M University-College Station (207).
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How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering (CIP code 14.02), as reported in the College Scorecard. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid, measured one and five years after they finished, among those working and not enrolled in school; the one-year and five-year figures describe different graduating classes. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation. The Scorecard withholds figures for programs with few graduates, so many smaller programs show n/a. Summary figures are medians across institutions: the Scorecard reports program earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure and count once. All figures are from the Scorecard's most recent field-of-study release. More on the data.