Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

What traits are you looking for in a aerospace engineering school? To help you decide if Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's aerospace engineering program.

Georgia Tech is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 39,771 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 110 students received their master's degree in aerospace engineering.

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.

Georgia Tech Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Georgia Tech Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Rankings

There were 27 students who received their doctoral degrees in aerospace engineering, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Aerospace Engineering Student Demographics at Georgia Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the aerospace engineering majors at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus.

Georgia Tech Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 110 students graduated with a master's degree in aerospace engineering from Georgia Tech. About 85% were men and 15% were women.

Of the students who received a aerospace engineering master's degree from Georgia Tech, 59% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the aerospace engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 23% 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 Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus with a master's in aerospace engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	65
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Related Majors

• Engineering Mechanics
• Robotics Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Environmental 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 GA, the home state for Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,740	$142,240
Aerospace Engineers	2,550	$114,160
Engineering Professors	360	$96,180

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 Disavian under License

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