Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at Stanford University

What traits are you looking for in a aerospace engineering school? To help you decide if Stanford University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's aerospace engineering program.

Stanford is located in Stanford, California and approximately 15,953 students attend the school each year.

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

Stanford Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 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.

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, 62% of aerospace engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. The typical aerospace engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at Stanford since its program graduates 20% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Stanford Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Program

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

In the aerospace engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 7% 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	4
White	22
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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 Stanford University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	93

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

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