Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at The University of Alabama

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

UA is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and approximately 37,840 students attend the school each year. Of the 8,062 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Alabama in 2021, 84 of them were aerospace and aeronautical engineering majors.

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.

UA Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UA Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Rankings

The aerospace engineering major at UA 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.

In 2021, 29 students received their master’s degree in aerospace engineering from UA. This makes it the #21 most popular school for aerospace engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in aerospace engineering, making the school the #27 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Aerospace Engineering Graduates from UA Make?

The median salary of aerospace engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at UA is $65,199. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 0% higher than the national average of $65,118 for all aerospace engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

Aerospace Engineering Student Demographics at UA

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

UA Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 84 aerospace engineering students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UA, about 79% were men and 21% were women. The typical aerospace engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 16% women. So female students are more repesented at UA since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering at UA 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 The University of Alabama with a bachelor's in aerospace engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	74
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UA Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 29 students who earned a master's degree in Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering from UA in 2020-2021, 79% were men and 21% were women.

Of the students who received a aerospace engineering master's degree from UA, 86% 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 The University of Alabama with a master's in aerospace engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	25
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UA also has a doctoral program available in aerospace engineering. In 2021, 4 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Materials Engineering
• Architectural Engineering
• Metallurgical Engineering
• Construction Engineering
• Environmental 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 AL, the home state for The University of Alabama.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Aerospace Engineers	4,080	$115,820
Architectural and Engineering Managers	2,290	$138,470
Engineering Professors	530	$107,400

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 Deutschlandreform under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.