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Aerospace engineering at Notre Dame

Notre Dame graduates about 25 aerospace engineering majors a year. That puts it 13th of 69 schools we score for aerospace engineering, a strong program at 76 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $103,000 four years out, 1.08× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $43 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

76/100Strong#13 of 69 for aerospace engineering →
Graduates a year25under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$103,0001.08× the same major nationally
Research in the field$43Ma year, NSF
Admit rate11%whole school
SAT middle 50%1460–1540whole school

Around Notre Dame

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Where aerospace engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Multidisciplinary Engineering Research Building, Hessert Laboratory for Aerospace Research, Fitzpatrick Hall of Engineering.

Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 98 · Academic 96 · Athletics 18 · Chapel 6 · Student housing 5 · Library 4.

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Nearby in the aerospace engineering ranking

  1. University of Maryland, College Park 81
  2. University of Southern California 79
  3. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 78
  4. University of Washington 77
  5. The Pennsylvania State University–University Park 74
  6. Texas A&M University 73
  7. United States Air Force Academy 72
  8. Case Western Reserve University 71

Other strong majors at Notre Dame

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Notre Dame 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.

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