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Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and has a total student population of 52,679.

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.

UIUC Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UIUC Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Rankings

The aerospace engineering major at UIUC 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.

There were 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in aerospace engineering, making the school the #10 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Aerospace Engineering Student Demographics at UIUC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the aerospace engineering majors at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

UIUC Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

20% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 80% of aerospace engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 20% went to women. The typical aerospace engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at UIUC since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's in aerospace engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 49
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 14
White 61
International Students 8
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

UIUC Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Program

8% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 92% of aerospace engineering master's degrees went to men and 8% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 27
International Students 26
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Architectural and Engineering Managers 9,760 $136,270
Engineering Professors 1,330 $114,010

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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