Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at Saint Louis University

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

SLU is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and has a total student population of 12,229. In 2021, 36 aerospace engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from SLU.

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.

SLU Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering

SLU Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the aerospace engineering progam at SLU 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 SLU 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
	8
Best Value Aeronautical Engineering Schools	48

Earnings of SLU Aerospace Engineering Graduates

The median salary of aerospace engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at SLU is $69,962. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 7% higher than the national average of $65,118 for all aerospace engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

Aerospace Engineering Student Demographics at SLU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the aerospace engineering majors at Saint Louis University.

SLU Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 36 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering from SLU in 2020-2021, 86% were men and 14% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering at SLU 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 Saint Louis University with a bachelor's in aerospace engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	24
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Electrical Engineering
• Operations Research
• Computer Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Mechanical 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 MO, the home state for Saint Louis University.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Architectural and Engineering Managers	2,740	$138,520
Aerospace Engineers	1,250	$114,570
Engineering Professors	520	$106,680

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 LouisianHTM under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.