Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at University of Southern California

If you are interested in studying aerospace and aeronautical engineering, you may want to check out the program at University of Southern California. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 46,287 students attend the school each year. Of the 5,745 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Southern California in 2021, 52 of them were aerospace and aeronautical engineering majors.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Aerospace Engineering

USC Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the aerospace engineering progam at USC 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	51

In 2021, 108 students received their master’s degree in aerospace engineering from USC. This makes it the #5 most popular school for aerospace engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

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.

How Much Do Aerospace Engineering Graduates from USC Make?

The median salary of aerospace engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at USC is $78,078. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 20% higher than the national average of $65,118 for all aerospace engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

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

The aerospace engineering program at USC awarded 52 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 81% of these degrees went to men with the other 19% going to women. The typical aerospace engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 16% women. So female students are more repesented at USC since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering at USC are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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	8
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

USC Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 108 students earned a master's degree in aerospace engineering from USC. About 25% of these graduates were women and the other 75% were men.

Of the students who received a aerospace engineering master's degree from USC, 55% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the aerospace engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 29% of degree recipients. That is 2% 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	11
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	59
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

USC also has a doctoral program available in aerospace engineering. In 2021, 6 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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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