Aerospace, Aeronautical, & Astronautical Engineering
Stem Major
Add ComparisonAwarded in 2022
Public Tuition
Private Tuition
Institutions
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Aerospace, Aeronautical, & Astronautical Engineering and the types of students that study this field. Purdue University-Main Campus awards the most degrees in Aerospace, Aeronautical, & Astronautical Engineering in the US.
Tuition costs for Aerospace, Aeronautical, & Astronautical Engineering majors are, on average, $10,092 for in-state public colleges, and $55,720 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Aerospace, Aeronautical, & Astronautical Engineering programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (67 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (6,909 completions).
Institutions
- 539 degrees awarded
- 403 degrees awarded
- 374 degrees awarded
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Aerospace, Aeronautical, & Astronautical Engineering, is Public, 4-year or above (6,909 completions in 2022).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Aerospace, Aeronautical, & Astronautical Engineering programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Tuition Costs for Common Institutions
Purdue University-Main Campus has the most Aerospace, Aeronautical, & Astronautical Engineering degree recipients, with 539 degrees awarded in 2022.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Aerospace, Aeronautical, & Astronautical Engineering.
Diversity
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Engineering in the United States.
N/A Male employees are more likely to hold Engineering degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Engineering (5,052 students).
Workforce Degrees
The most common degree types held by the working population in Engineering are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Doctorate degree.
Sex Imbalance for Common Institutions
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Aerospace, Aeronautical, & Astronautical Engineering.
Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded
- White5,052 degrees awarded
- Hispanic or Latino1,017 degrees awarded
- Asian937 degrees awarded
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Aerospace, Aeronautical, & Astronautical Engineering for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
Race & Ethnicity by Sex
- White Male2,968 degrees awarded
- Hispanic or Latino Male628 degrees awarded
- White Female586 degrees awarded
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Aerospace, Aeronautical, & Astronautical Engineering.
White Male students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
Global Diversity
- India492,137 degree recipients
- China153,488 degree recipients
- Mexico93,296 degree recipients
- India4.18 times more than expected
- Libya3.47 times more than expected
- Iran3.19 times more than expected
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in India that hold Engineering degrees (4.18 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (492,137 degree recipients).
Skills
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Aerospace, Aeronautical, & Astronautical Engineering field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Aerospace, Aeronautical, & Astronautical Engineering majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Aerospace, Aeronautical, & Astronautical Engineering majors need more than the average amount of Management of Financial Resources, Management of Material Resources, and Mathematics.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Aerospace, Aeronautical, & Astronautical Engineering majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Management of Financial Resources is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Complex Problem Solving, and Mathematics are the three most important skills for people in the field.