Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

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

UNLV is located in Las Vegas, Nevada and approximately 31,142 students attend the school each year.

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.

UNLV Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering

UNLV Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Rankings

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in aerospace engineering from UNLV. This makes it the #61 most popular school for aerospace engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in aerospace engineering, making the school the #45 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Aerospace Engineering Student Demographics at UNLV

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the aerospace engineering majors at University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

UNLV Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 2 aerospace engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UNLV, about 50% were men and 50% were women.

In the aerospace engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 23% better than the national average.*

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

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

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

Related Majors

• Biomedical Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Civil 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 NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Architectural and Engineering Managers	780	$141,210
Aerospace Engineers	310	$91,850

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 Stan Shebs under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.