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Aerospace engineering at Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech graduates about 222 aerospace engineering majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 5th of 69 schools we score for aerospace engineering, a standout program at 87 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $107,000 four years out, 1.12× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $28 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

87/100Standout#5 of 69 for aerospace engineering →
Graduates a year2223% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$107,0001.12× the same major nationally
Research in the field$28Ma year, NSF
Admit rate55%whole school
SAT middle 50%1240–1430whole school

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Nearby in the aerospace engineering ranking

  1. Georgia Institute of Technology 100
  2. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 94
  3. University of Colorado Boulder 91
  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 89
  5. The University of Texas–Austin 85
  6. Purdue University–Main Campus 84
  7. Stanford University 82
  8. University of Maryland, College Park 81

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Virginia Tech 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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