Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at University of Southern California

Every aerospace and aeronautical engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the aerospace engineering program at University of Southern California stacks up to those at other schools.

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 46,287 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 108 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.

USC Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Degrees Available

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

USC Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Rankings

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in aerospace engineering, making the school the #20 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Aerospace Engineering Student Demographics at USC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the aerospace engineering majors at University of Southern California.

USC Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 108 aerospace engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from USC, about 75% were men and 25% were women.

Of the students who received a aerospace engineering master's degree from USC, 55% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the aerospace engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 29% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	59
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Related Majors

• Manufacturing Engineering
• Operations Research
• Electrical and Computer Engineering.
• Industrial Engineering
• Petroleum 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 CA, the home state for University of Southern California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Aerospace Engineers	11,440	$125,540
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790

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 Original uploader was Padsquad19 at en.wikipedia under License

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