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Aerospace engineering at UCLA

UCLA graduates about 63 aerospace engineering majors a year. That puts it 30th of 69 schools we score for aerospace engineering, a solid program at 58 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $116,000 four years out, 1.21× what the same major pays nationally.

58/100Solid#30 of 69 for aerospace engineering →
Graduates a year63under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$116,0001.21× the same major nationally
Admit rate9%whole school

Around UCLA

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UCLA Cogen Chiller Facility by HHPJ JPA 2Photo: Skparch · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Six YAL activists gathered with Gadsden Flag and beach ball at the University of
YAL activists at the University of California, Los AngelesPhoto: YAL Editors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
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Professor Tao with his Devoted StudentsPhoto: SATSAT2020 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Aerial view of UCLA campus and Westwood, California, facing southeast
UCLA campus and WestwoodPhoto: Rick Meyer, Los Angeles Times · CC BY 4.0 · source

Where aerospace engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Engineering VI, Engineering V, Engineering IV.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 89 · Dorm 20 · Arts 8 · Athletics 7 · Dining 6 · Library 4.

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Nearby in the aerospace engineering ranking

  1. Illinois Institute of Technology 60
  2. University of Miami 60
  3. University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 60
  4. University of Alabama in Huntsville 59
  5. California State University, Long Beach 58
  6. University at Buffalo–SUNY 57
  7. Iowa State University of Science and Technology 56
  8. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 55

Other strong majors at UCLA

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UCLA 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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