Aerospace engineering at Illinois
Illinois graduates about 128 aerospace engineering majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 11th of 69 schools we score for aerospace engineering, a strong program at 78 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $97,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major. Research spending in the field runs about $21 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Illinois
Where aerospace engineering happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Mechanical Engineering Lab, Nuclear Engineering Laboratory, Engineering Sciences Building, Grainger Engineering Library, Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory, Electrical and Computer Engineering Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering Building, Wood Engineering Laboratory, Agricultural Engineering Sciences, Optical Physics Engineering Building, Engineering Hall, Materials Science & Engineering Building.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 144 · Student housing 84 · Dorm 45 · Athletics 22 · Arts 9 · Dining 6.
Nearby in the aerospace engineering ranking
Other strong majors at Illinois
- Computer engineering 100 · #1
- Accounting 100 · #1
- Computer science 98 · #9
- Theater & drama 97 · #3
- Art & design 97 · #4
- Engineering (all) 96 · #10
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Illinois 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.