Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at University of South Carolina - Columbia

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

UofSC is located in Columbia, South Carolina and has a total student population of 35,470. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students received a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from UofSC.

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.

UofSC Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UofSC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UofSC offers distance education options for aerospace engineering at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UofSC Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The aerospace engineering major at UofSC 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	80

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in aerospace engineering from UofSC. This makes it the #57 most popular school for aerospace engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

Aerospace Engineering Student Demographics at UofSC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the aerospace engineering majors at University of South Carolina - Columbia.

UofSC Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of aerospace engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical aerospace engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 16% women. So female students are more repesented at UofSC since its program graduates 34% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering at UofSC 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 University of South Carolina - Columbia with a bachelor's in aerospace engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UofSC Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 aerospace engineering majors earned their master's degree from UofSC. Of these graduates, 67% were men and 33% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Nuclear Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Electrical 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 SC, the home state for University of South Carolina - Columbia.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Architectural and Engineering Managers	2,770	$132,810
Engineering Professors	610	$98,390

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 Idibri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.