Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at San Jose State University

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

San Jose State is located in San Jose, California and approximately 36,208 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 55 students received a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from San Jose 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.

San Jose State Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Degrees Available

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

San Jose State Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks aerospace engineering programs across the country. The following shows how San Jose State performed in these rankings.

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 San Jose 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
	5
Best Value Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
Best Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	23
Most Popular Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	37

In 2021, 16 students received their master’s degree in aerospace engineering from San Jose State. This makes it the #38 most popular school for aerospace engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

Aerospace Engineering Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 55 students earned a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from San Jose State. About 5% of these graduates were women and the other 95% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% 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 Jose State University with a bachelor's in aerospace engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	20
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	13
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

San Jose State Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 16 students who earned a master's degree in Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering from San Jose State in 2020-2021, 63% were men and 38% were women.

In the aerospace engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 63% of degree recipients. That is 35% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	4
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Materials Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• General Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Industrial 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 Jose 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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.