Aerospace engineering at NC State
NC State graduates about 70 aerospace engineering majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 44th of 69 schools we score for aerospace engineering, a solid program at 47 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $90,000 four years out, below the national figure for the same major (0.94×). Research spending in the field runs about $2 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around NC State
Where aerospace engineering happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Burlington Engineering Laboratories.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 109 · Dorm 28 · Student housing 10 · Athletics 5 · Library 4 · Dining 2.
Nearby in the aerospace engineering ranking
Other strong majors at NC State
- Chemical engineering 90 · #7
- Computer science 89 · #50
- Environmental science 89 · #29
- Languages 89 · #57
- Kinesiology & exercise science 89 · #27
- Math & statistics 88 · #57
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares NC State 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.