Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at San Diego State University

Every aerospace & aeronautical engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the aerospace engineering program at San Diego State University stacks up to those at other schools.

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and has a total student population of 36,334.

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.

SDSU Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Degrees Available

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

SDSU Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Rankings

The aerospace engineering major at SDSU 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.

Aerospace Engineering Student Demographics at SDSU

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

SDSU Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 86% of aerospace engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 14% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% 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 San Diego State University with a bachelor's in aerospace engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	38
White	43
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

SDSU Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of aerospace engineering master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

Of the students who received a aerospace engineering master's degree from SDSU, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

Concentrations Within Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering

If you plan to be a aerospace engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from San Diego State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	90

Related Majors

• Manufacturing Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Computer 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 San Diego State University.

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 Wikipedia User:Geographer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.