Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at Stanford University

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

Stanford is located in Stanford, California and approximately 15,953 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from Stanford.

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.

Stanford 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 Stanford

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Stanford does offer online courses in aerospace engineering for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Stanford Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the aerospace engineering progam at Stanford 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 Stanford 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	4
Most Focused Aeronautical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	6
Most Focused Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	7
Most Focused Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	68

In 2021, 67 students received their master’s degree in aerospace engineering from Stanford. This makes it the #7 most popular school for aerospace engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 21 students who received their doctoral degrees in aerospace engineering, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Aerospace Engineering Student Demographics at Stanford

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

Stanford Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of aerospace engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical aerospace engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 16% women. So female students are more repesented at Stanford since its program graduates 24% more women than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering at Stanford are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 Stanford University with a bachelor's in aerospace engineering.

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

Stanford Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 67 aerospace engineering majors earned their master's degree from Stanford. Of these graduates, 78% were men and 22% were women.

In the aerospace engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 36% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	31
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Stanford also has a doctoral program available in aerospace engineering. In 2021, 21 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Petroleum Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Biomedical 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 Stanford 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 Pere Joan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.