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2023 Best Aeronautical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in California

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$89,877 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master's Degree School for You

Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering is the #53 most popular major in California with 470 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Aeronautical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 9 schools in California to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for aerospace engineering majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top California Schools for a Master's in Aeronautical Engineering

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Stanford University the best school in California for aerospace and aeronautical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Los Angeles. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California list. UCLA is a very large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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#4

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

Out of the 9 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Santa Clara University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Santa Clara, SCU is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Out of the 9 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo landed the # 5 spot on the list. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a very large public school located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo.

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San Jose State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California list. San Jose State is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Jose.

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University of California - San Diego did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for aerospace and aeronautical engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public college with a very large student population.

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California State University - Long Beach came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California ranking. CSULB is a very large public school located in the city of Long Beach.

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#9

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

San Diego State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree aerospace and aeronautical engineering programs. Located in the city of San Diego, SDSU is a public school with a very large student population.

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State Degrees Awarded
Washington 62
Nevada 2

One of 39 majors within the area of study, aerospace and aeronautical engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Aerospace Engineering

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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