Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at Washington University in St Louis

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

WUSTL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and has a total student population of 15,449.

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.

WUSTL Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering

WUSTL Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Rankings

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in aerospace engineering, making the school the #45 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Aerospace Engineering Student Demographics at WUSTL

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the aerospace engineering majors at Washington University in St Louis.

WUSTL Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 81% of aerospace engineering master's degrees went to men and 19% went to women.

Of the students who received a aerospace engineering master's degree from WUSTL, 54% 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 35% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	14
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering

If you plan to be a aerospace engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Washington University in St Louis. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	20

Related Majors

• Materials Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Construction Engineering
• Chemical 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 MO, the home state for Washington University in St Louis.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Architectural and Engineering Managers	2,740	$138,520
Aerospace Engineers	1,250	$114,570
Engineering Professors	520	$106,680

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 Bachrach44 under License

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