Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at University of Southern California

Every aerospace & aeronautical engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the aerospace engineering program at University of Southern California stacks up to those at other schools.

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 46,287 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.

USC Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Degrees Available

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

USC Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Rankings

The aerospace engineering major at USC 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 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in aerospace engineering, making the school the #20 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Aerospace Engineering Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 73% of aerospace engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 27% 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 USC since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% 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 Southern California with a bachelor's in aerospace engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	25
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

USC Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 77% of aerospace engineering master's degrees went to men and 23% went to women.

In the aerospace engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	21
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	63
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Concentrations Within Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering

The following aerospace engineering concentations are available at University of Southern California. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Southern California. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	167

Related Majors

• Manufacturing Engineering
• Operations Research
• Electrical and Computer Engineering.
• Petroleum 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 Southern California.

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 Original uploader was Padsquad19 at en.wikipedia under License

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