Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at California State University - Long Beach

If you are interested in studying aerospace and aeronautical engineering, you may want to check out the program at California State University - Long Beach. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

CSULB is located in Long Beach, California and approximately 40,069 students attend the school each year. Of the 9,179 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - Long Beach in 2021, 63 of them were aerospace and aeronautical engineering majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

CSULB Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering

CSULB Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the aerospace engineering progam at CSULB compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The aerospace engineering major at CSULB is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	49

In 2021, 10 students received their master’s degree in aerospace engineering from CSULB. This makes it the #48 most popular school for aerospace engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Aerospace Engineering Graduates from CSULB Make?

The median salary of aerospace engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at CSULB is $66,374. This is 2% higher than $65,118, which is the national average for all aerospace engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

Aerospace Engineering Student Demographics at CSULB

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the aerospace engineering majors at California State University - Long Beach.

CSULB Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 63 aerospace engineering students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from CSULB, about 84% were men and 16% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 40% more racial-ethnic minorities in its aerospace engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Long Beach with a bachelor's in aerospace engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	15
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

CSULB Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Program

The aerospace engineering program at CSULB awarded 10 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 100% of these degrees went to men with the other 0% going to women.

Of the students who received a aerospace engineering master's degree from CSULB, 60% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the aerospace engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 30% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Long Beach with a master's in aerospace engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

CSULB also has a doctoral program available in aerospace engineering. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Electrical Engineering

Careers That Aerospace Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in aerospace engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for California State University - Long Beach.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Aerospace Engineers	11,440	$125,540
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Summum under License

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