General Engineering at United States Air Force Academy

What traits are you looking for in a engineering school? To help you decide if United States Air Force Academy is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's engineering program.

USAFA is located in USAF Academy, Colorado and approximately 4,307 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 2 engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from USAFA.

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

USAFA General Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

USAFA General Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks engineering programs across the country. The following shows how USAFA performed in these rankings.

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 engineering major at USAFA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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
Most Focused General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	113
Most Popular General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	117
Most Focused General Engineering Schools	487
Most Popular General Engineering Schools	499

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 General Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

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	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Engineering Chemistry
• Computer Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Operations Research

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
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,350	$172,300
Engineers	2,500	$111,610
Engineering Professors	1,040	$106,950

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.