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2023 Most Popular Aeronautical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in California

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Finding the Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Graduate Certificate 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Aeronautical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for aerospace engineering majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

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

About 19% of the students majoring in aerospace engineering at the school are women while 81% are male.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Southern California helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular aerospace and aeronautical engineering schools in California. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 4 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California Institute of Technology landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Pasadena, Caltech is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Stanford University

Stanford, CA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Stanford University is a great place for aerospace and aeronautical engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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 4 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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