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Huntsville, AL · Aerospace engineering

Aerospace engineering at UAH

UAH graduates about 122 aerospace engineering majors a year, 7% of its graduating class. That puts it 29th of 69 schools we score for aerospace engineering, a solid program at 59 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $87,000 four years out, below the national figure for the same major (0.91×). Research spending in the field runs about $30 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

59/100Solid#29 of 69 for aerospace engineering →
Graduates a year1227% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$87,0000.91× the same major nationally
Research in the field$30Ma year, NSF
Admit rate74%whole school
SAT middle 50%1226–1430whole school

Around UAH

the National Space Science and Technology Center in Huntsville, Alabama. It is a
NSSTCBuildingPhoto: Anivron · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Photo of the Shelby Center for Science and Technology on the University of Alaba
UAHShelbyCenterPhoto: Anivron · CC BY 3.0 · source
Cookies made by Bruce Beaumont (GHRC DAAC)
2015 GHRC UWG Meeting (21984089989)Photo: ghrcdaac · Public domain · source
VORTEX-SE Media Day Credit: NOAA/Keli Pirtle
Robin Tanamachi Vortex SE 2016 2Photo: NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory · Public domain · source

Where aerospace engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Engineering Building.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 27 · Dorm 14 · Arts 1 · Dining 1 · Library 1 · Athletics 1.

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Nearby in the aerospace engineering ranking

  1. Worcester Polytechnic Institute 61
  2. Illinois Institute of Technology 60
  3. University of Miami 60
  4. University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 60
  5. University of California, Los Angeles 58
  6. California State University, Long Beach 58
  7. University at Buffalo–SUNY 57
  8. Iowa State University of Science and Technology 56

Other strong majors at UAH

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UAH 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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