Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at North Carolina State University

If you plan to study aerospace and aeronautical engineering, take a look at what North Carolina State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NC State is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and has a total student population of 36,042. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 87 students received a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from NC State.

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.

NC State Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at NC State

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? NC State offers distance education options for aerospace engineering at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

NC State Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The aerospace engineering major at NC State 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
	27
Most Popular Aeronautical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	29

In 2021, 23 students received their master’s degree in aerospace engineering from NC State. This makes it the #25 most popular school for aerospace engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in aerospace engineering, making the school the #30 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Aerospace Engineering Graduates from NC State Make?

The median salary of aerospace engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at NC State is $63,111. This is less than $65,118, which is the national average of all aerospace engineering majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Aerospace Engineering Student Demographics at NC State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the aerospace engineering majors at North Carolina State University.

NC State Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 87 aerospace engineering majors earned their bachelor's degree from NC State. Of these graduates, 79% were men and 21% were women. The typical aerospace engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 16% women. So female students are more repesented at NC State since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering at NC State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	67
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

NC State Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 83% of aerospace engineering master's degrees went to men and 17% went to women.

Of the students who received a aerospace engineering master's degree from NC State, 57% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

NC State also has a doctoral program available in aerospace engineering. In 2021, 2 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Engineering
• Construction Engineering
• Operations Research
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Nuclear 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 NC, the home state for North Carolina State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,060	$140,980
Engineering Professors	1,400	$89,850
Aerospace Engineers	570	$100,080

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 Haruhide000 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.