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Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at Virginia Tech

26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a aerospace engineering school? To help you decide if Virginia Tech is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's aerospace engineering program.

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and has a total student population of 37,024.

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.

Virginia Tech Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Virginia Tech

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

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

Master’s Degree

Virginia Tech Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Rankings

The aerospace engineering major at Virginia Tech 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 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in aerospace engineering, making the school the #7 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Aerospace Engineering Student Demographics at Virginia Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the aerospace engineering majors at Virginia Tech.

Virginia Tech Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

21% Women

26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 79% of aerospace engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 21% 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 Virginia Tech since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering at Virginia Tech 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 Virginia Tech with a bachelor's in aerospace engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	32
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	162
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

Virginia Tech Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Program

16% Women

16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 84% of aerospace engineering master's degrees went to men and 16% went to women.

Of the students who received a aerospace engineering master's degree from Virginia Tech, 65% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	37
International Students	11
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 VA, the home state for Virginia Tech.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,030	$164,300
Aerospace Engineers	2,060	$127,390

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 Eric T Gunther under License

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