Aerospace engineering at Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech graduates about 220 aerospace engineering majors a year, 5% of its graduating class. That puts it 1st of 69 schools we score for aerospace engineering, a standout program at 100 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $102,000 four years out, 1.07× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $287 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Georgia Tech
Where aerospace engineering happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Rodger A. and Helen B. Krone Engineered Biosystems Building, Weber Space Science and Technology Building I, Daniel Environmental Engineering Laboratory; Daniel Lab Addition, Georgia Tech Office of Information Technology Engineering Building, Old Civil Engineering Building, Weber Space Science & Technology Building III, Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering, Engineering Science and Mechanics Building.
Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 43 · Academic 29 · Athletics 10 · Dining 7 · Offices 6 · Chapel 5.
Nearby in the aerospace engineering ranking
Other strong majors at Georgia Tech
- Computer science 98 · #8
- Math & statistics 94 · #18
- Engineering (all) 94 · #16
- Art & design 94 · #13
- Chemical engineering 93 · #4
- Mechanical engineering 92 · #5
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Georgia Tech with every school we score in aerospace engineering. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.