Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at University of California - Irvine

What traits are you looking for in a aerospace engineering school? To help you decide if University of California - Irvine is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's aerospace engineering program.

UC Irvine is located in Irvine, California and approximately 36,303 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 85 aerospace engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from UC Irvine.

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.

UC Irvine Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering

UC Irvine Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the aerospace engineering progam at UC Irvine compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 UC Irvine 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
Most Popular Aeronautical Engineering Schools	42

Earnings of UC Irvine Aerospace Engineering Graduates

The median salary of aerospace engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at UC Irvine is $52,033. 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 UC Irvine

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

UC Irvine Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 85 aerospace engineering students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UC Irvine, about 86% were men and 14% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% more racial-ethnic minorities in its aerospace engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Irvine with a bachelor's in aerospace engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Chemical 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 CA, the home state for University of California - Irvine.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Aerospace Engineers	11,440	$125,540
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790

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 TFNorman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.