Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at Syracuse University

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

Syracuse is located in Syracuse, New York and approximately 21,322 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 31 students received a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from Syracuse.

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.

Syracuse Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering

Syracuse Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks aerospace engineering programs across the country. The following shows how Syracuse 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 Syracuse 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
	52
Most Popular Aeronautical Engineering Schools	61

Earnings of Syracuse Aerospace Engineering Graduates

The median salary of aerospace engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at Syracuse is $60,947. This is less than $65,118, which is the national average of all aerospace engineering majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Aerospace Engineering Student Demographics at Syracuse

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

Syracuse Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 31 aerospace engineering students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Syracuse, about 71% were men and 29% were women. The typical aerospace engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 16% women. So female students are more repesented at Syracuse since its program graduates 13% more women than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering at Syracuse 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 Syracuse University with a bachelor's in aerospace engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	24
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Environmental Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical 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 NY, the home state for Syracuse University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,330	$161,670
Engineering Professors	2,900	$127,010
Aerospace Engineers	320	$115,420

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 Justing under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.