Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at University of California - San Diego

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

UCSD is located in La Jolla, California and approximately 39,576 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 127 students received a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from UCSD.

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.

UCSD Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UCSD Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Rankings

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

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 aerospace engineering major at UCSD 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
Best Value Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	23
	26
Best Aeronautical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	27
	58

In 2021, 15 students received their master’s degree in aerospace engineering from UCSD. This makes it the #41 most popular school for aerospace engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in aerospace engineering, making the school the #39 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of UCSD Aerospace Engineering Graduates

The median salary of aerospace engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCSD is $60,511. 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 UCSD

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

UCSD Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 127 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in aerospace engineering from UCSD in 2021, 87% were men and 13% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 40% 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 - San Diego with a bachelor's in aerospace engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	37
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	32
White	34
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

UCSD Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of aerospace engineering master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UCSD also has a doctoral program available in aerospace engineering. In 2021, 1 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Engineering Science
• Environmental Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Biological Engineering
• Systems 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 - San Diego.

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 Znode at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.