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Engineering (all) at United States Air Force Academy

United States Air Force Academy graduates about 292 engineering majors a year, 29% of its graduating class. That puts it 17th of 434 schools we score for engineering, a standout program at 92 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $37 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

92/100Standout#17 of 434 for engineering →
Graduates a year29229% of the class
Research in the field$37Ma year, NSF
Admit rate14%whole school
SAT middle 50%1310–1480whole school

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A USAF CV-22 Osprey visits the United States Air Force Academy. Photo taken May,
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Where engineering happens

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 5 · Athletics 3 · Library 1 · Chapel 1.

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Nearby in the engineering ranking

  1. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 93
  2. Northeastern University 93
  3. The University of Texas–Austin 92
  4. University of California, Berkeley 92
  5. University of Pennsylvania 92
  6. University of Virginia 91
  7. University of Southern California 91
  8. Washington University in St. Louis 91

Other strong majors at United States Air Force Academy

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares United States Air Force Academy with every school we score in engineering. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 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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