Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering

6,285 students earn a aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical/space engineering credential each year across 77 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $72,607
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $97,915

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Bachelor's programs — 73 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana314$71,9891 year out$97,947$21,500 2Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona BeachDaytona Beach, Florida304$75,4831 year out$97,915$26,995 3Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, Virginia246$76,8561 year out$100,423$26,000 4Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, Georgia224$79,3001 year out$101,967$22,750 5University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, Colorado218$81,8351 year out$103,431$25,039 6University of Central FloridaOrlando, Florida205$67,9531 year out$84,789$27,875 7Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas162$74,5241 year out$96,505$22,208 8Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-PrescottPrescott, Arizona147$75,4831 year out$97,915$26,995 9University of FloridaGainesville, Florida143$70,7601 year out$100,208$19,573 10University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, Maryland142$78,6311 year out$106,431$22,500 11United States Air Force AcademyUSAF Academy, Colorado138—1 year out——12The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas138$81,0221 year out$100,587$22,542 13University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois137$75,8591 year out$109,503$23,951 14California State Polytechnic University-PomonaPomona, California126$78,3201 year out$97,066$26,295 15Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania126$73,1001 year out$99,365$26,969 16University of Alabama in HuntsvilleHuntsville, Alabama124$70,3831 year out—$25,000 17Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona123$71,7121 year out$97,599$25,500 18Iowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa121$75,0361 year out$92,551$26,572 19Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, New York117$73,2131 year out$98,049$25,000 20San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, California111$74,3751 year out$93,649$23,000 21California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, California110$85,5091 year out$112,671$22,500 22University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan103$80,2251 year out$113,025$21,603 23Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio96$72,0621 year out$88,477$25,853 24Auburn UniversityAuburn, Alabama95$68,6071 year out$95,997$20,458 25University of California-IrvineIrvine, California95$67,4251 year out$102,765$18,950 26University at BuffaloBuffalo, New York95$69,7161 year out$83,498$24,846 27California State University-Long BeachLong Beach, California92$66,4771 year out$99,098$25,300 28University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, California87$65,4011 year out$107,359$21,305 29Florida Institute of TechnologyMelbourne, Florida81$69,1491 year out$99,429$26,982 30New Mexico State University-Main CampusLas Cruces, New Mexico80$68,0021 year out$95,469$24,537 31West Virginia UniversityMorgantown, West Virginia80$72,2101 year out$96,827$27,242 32University of California-DavisDavis, California79$71,6331 year out$98,457$19,058 33Oklahoma State University-Main CampusStillwater, Oklahoma79$68,2261 year out—$19,843 34Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRolla, Missouri78$76,1831 year out$95,014$22,699 35North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina77$70,8201 year out$94,192$21,574 36University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota70$68,4951 year out$81,624$26,250 37The University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, Alabama69$73,8871 year out$93,809$26,787 38San Jose State UniversitySan Jose, California68—1 year out$101,217—39Mississippi State UniversityMississippi State, Mississippi68$69,0561 year out$94,025$17,625 40University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington68$76,8811 year out$102,468$12,000 41University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California63$71,0681 year out$97,069$19,000 42The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleKnoxville, Tennessee61—1 year out$85,604$25,243 43University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio60$74,9921 year out$86,633$20,750 44Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, Massachusetts59$75,2181 year out$98,303$27,000 45Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, Massachusetts57—1 year out$138,934$17,724 46University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona56$57,4561 year out$103,537$23,656 47University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California55$78,9801 year out$113,915$21,140 48Wichita State UniversityWichita, Kansas54$61,5261 year out$82,517$22,250 49Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey52$69,3201 year out—$26,674 50University of KansasLawrence, Kansas51$71,2441 year out—$25,000 51United States Naval AcademyAnnapolis, Maryland50—1 year out——52Clarkson UniversityPotsdam, New York48$71,7831 year out$95,489$27,000 53Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, Ohio45$83,6391 year out$90,949$26,410 54Western Michigan UniversityKalamazoo, Michigan44$69,5141 year out$100,965$28,021 55Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-WorldwideDaytona Beach, Florida44$75,4831 year out$97,915$26,995 56University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia40$77,9221 year out$93,485$14,214 57Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York36$71,4171 year out$98,978$27,000 58Saint Louis UniversitySaint Louis, Missouri35$75,1221 year out$92,038$26,421 59University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusNorman, Oklahoma35$72,6071 year out—$26,000 60The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, Texas30$78,0051 year out$88,986$25,260 61Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago, Illinois28$63,1691 year out$75,993$27,000 62University of South Carolina-ColumbiaColumbia, South Carolina27—1 year out——63University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana25$81,0571 year out$98,886$24,000 64Morehead State UniversityMorehead, Kentucky18—1 year out——65University of Akron Main CampusAkron, Ohio15—1 year out——66Tuskegee UniversityTuskegee, Alabama14—1 year out$63,477—67Capitol Technology UniversityLaurel, Maryland14—1 year out——68Stanford UniversityStanford, California13—1 year out——69Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, New Hampshire12—1 year out——70Kent State University at KentKent, Ohio10—1 year out——71University of MiamiCoral Gables, Florida5—1 year out——72University of HartfordWest Hartford, Connecticut3—1 year out——73West Virginia University Institute of TechnologyBeckley, West Virginia0$72,2101 year out$96,827$27,242

Associate programs — 1 college

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-WorldwideDaytona Beach, Florida47—1 year out——

Certificate programs — 6 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1University of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky18—1 year out——2Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, Florida9—1 year out——3Rowan UniversityGlassboro, New Jersey8—1 year out——4The University of Texas at San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas5—1 year out——5Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania2—1 year out——6Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, New Hampshire1—1 year out——

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).