Engineering at United States Air Force Academy

29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

Every engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the engineering program at United States Air Force Academy stacks up to those at other schools.

USAFA is located in USAF Academy, Colorado and has a total student population of 4,307.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

USAFA Engineering Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

USAFA Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at USAFA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

Engineering Student Demographics at USAFA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at United States Air Force Academy.

USAFA Engineering Bachelor’s Program

20% Women

29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at USAFA 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 United States Air Force Academy with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	18
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	33
White	191
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	27

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at United States Air Force Academy. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	93
Civil Engineering	40
Systems Engineering	39
Operations Research	39
Mechanical Engineering	36
Electrical Engineering	9
Computer Engineering	8
Engineering Chemistry	8
General Engineering	2

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in 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 CO, the home state for United States Air Force Academy.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Software Applications Developers	30,400	$106,730
Systems Software Developers	11,170	$124,410
Civil Engineers	10,680	$93,560
Computer Network Architects	6,040	$115,300
Electronics Engineers	5,630	$105,560

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 David Shankbone under License

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