Aerospace Aeronautical and Astronautical Space Engineering General

A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of aircraft, missiles, space vehicles, and their systems; applied research on flight and orbital characteristics; and the development of systems and procedures for the launching, guidance, and control of air and space vehicles.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 91 institutions across the United States, with a total of 27673 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

6,195

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

100

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

2,392

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

433

degrees awarded

Other Awards

18,463

awards given

Top Schools for Aerospace Aeronautical and Astronautical Space Engineering General

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	1,566
2	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA	1,422
3	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	1,191
4	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach Daytona Beach, FL	1,095
5	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	981
6	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	837
7	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	825
8	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	735
9	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	642
10	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	612
11	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	606
12	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	585
13	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	561
14	University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville, AL	519
15	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	501
16	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	489
17	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	467
18	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	444
19	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott Prescott, AZ	441
20	Iowa State University Ames, IA	414
21	United States Air Force Academy USAF Academy, CO	414
22	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	402
23	Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne, FL	390
24	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA	384
25	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide Daytona Beach, FL	372
26	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	363
27	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	357
28	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	357
29	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	348
30	Auburn University Auburn, AL	348
31	Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA	345
32	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	342
33	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	342
34	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	342
35	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	327
36	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	318
37	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	300
38	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	288
39	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	285
40	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	279
41	Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla, MO	273
42	Stanford University Stanford, CA	270
43	San Jose State University San Jose, CA	270
44	New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces, NM	264
45	West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	249
46	Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA	246
47	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	243
48	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK	237
49	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	237
50	Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS	225
51	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	207
52	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	207
53	Wichita State University Wichita, KS	204
54	The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX	180
55	Air Force Institute of Technology-Graduate School of Engineering & Management Wright-Patterson AFB, OH	165
56	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	156
57	United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD	150
58	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	147
59	Clarkson University Potsdam, NY	144
60	Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI	141
61	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	120
62	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK	114
63	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	111
64	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	108
65	Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO	105
66	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	105
67	Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL	84
68	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	84
69	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	81
70	University of Dayton Dayton, OH	72
71	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	72
72	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	66
73	Morehead State University Morehead, KY	54
74	University of Akron Main Campus Akron, OH	45
75	Utah State University Logan, UT	45
76	Tuskegee University Tuskegee, AL	42
77	Capitol Technology University Laurel, MD	42
78	Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH	40
79	University of Houston Houston, TX	39
80	Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL	39
81	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH	33
82	Rowan University Glassboro, NJ	32
83	The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX	26
84	Rice University Houston, TX	21
85	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	15
86	University of Hartford West Hartford, CT	9
87	Duke University Durham, NC	6
88	Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon Bayamon, PR	3
89	University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV	3
90	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	3
91	Wright State University-Main Campus Dayton, OH	3