Systems Engineering at United States Air Force Academy

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

USAFA is located in USAF Academy, Colorado and approximately 4,307 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 39 systems 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 Systems Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

USAFA Systems Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Systems Engineering

USAFA Systems Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks systems engineering programs across the country. The following shows how USAFA 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 systems engineering major at USAFA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Systems 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 Systems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Most Focused Systems Engineering Schools	8
Most Popular Systems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
Most Popular Systems Engineering Schools	26

Systems Engineering Student Demographics at USAFA

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

USAFA Systems Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 39 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering from USAFA in 2020-2021, 69% were men and 31% were women. The typical systems engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% women. So female students are more repesented at USAFA since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in systems 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 systems engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	27
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Engineering Chemistry
• Computer Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

Careers That Systems Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in systems 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.