Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at North Carolina State University

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

NC State is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and has a total student population of 36,042. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 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.

NC State Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at NC State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

NC State does offer online education options in aerospace engineering for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

NC State Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Rankings

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in aerospace engineering, making the school the #30 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Aerospace Engineering Student Demographics at NC State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the aerospace engineering majors at North Carolina State University.

NC State Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Program

The aerospace engineering program at NC State awarded 23 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 83% of these degrees went to men with the other 17% going to women.

Of the students who received a aerospace engineering master's degree from NC State, 57% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Other Engineering
• General Engineering
• Agricultural Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Biomedical 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 NC, the home state for North Carolina State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,060	$140,980
Engineering Professors	1,400	$89,850
Aerospace Engineers	570	$100,080

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 Haruhide000 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.