Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin

If you plan to study aerospace and aeronautical engineering, take a look at what The University of Texas at Austin has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and approximately 50,476 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 37 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.

UT Austin Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Degrees Available

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

UT Austin Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Rankings

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in aerospace engineering, making the school the #15 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Aerospace Engineering Student Demographics at UT Austin

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the aerospace engineering majors at The University of Texas at Austin.

UT Austin Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 37 students earned a master's degree in aerospace engineering from UT Austin. About 16% of these graduates were women and the other 84% were men.

Of the students who received a aerospace engineering master's degree from UT Austin, 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 The University of Texas at Austin with a master's in aerospace engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	21
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Engineering Mechanics
• General Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Industrial 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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Austin.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Architectural and Engineering Managers	12,920	$167,280
Aerospace Engineers	6,770	$122,570
Engineering Professors	3,890	$123,200

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 Reid Sullivan under License

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