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2023 Most Popular Aeronautical Engineering Schools in California

11 Colleges
$75,108 Avg Salary
$21,474 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 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 Most Popular Aeronautical Engineering Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 11 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering program at each school on the list.

Check out the aerospace engineering programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in California.

Our 2023 rankings named Naval Postgraduate School the most popular school in California for aerospace and aeronautical engineering students. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Monterey, Naval Postgraduate School is a public college with a small student population.

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Out of the 11 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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#3

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stanford University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Aeronautical Engineering Schools in California list. Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of California - Los Angeles is a great place for aerospace and aeronautical engineering students. UCLA is a very large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Aeronautical Engineering Schools in California list. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo.

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With a ranking of #6, University of California - San Diego did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for aerospace and aeronautical engineering students. Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #6, San Jose State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for aerospace and aeronautical engineering students. San Jose State is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Jose.

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California Institute of Technology ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Aeronautical Engineering Schools in California list. Located in the medium-sized city of Pasadena, Caltech is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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California State University - Long Beach ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Aeronautical Engineering Schools in California list. CSULB is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Long Beach.

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#9

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

With a ranking of #9, San Diego State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for aerospace and aeronautical engineering students. Located in the city of San Diego, SDSU is a public college with a very large student population.

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Explore all the Most Popular Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

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 11 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Ian3055.

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