The main focus area for this major is Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at The University of Texas at Austin. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in aerospace engineering, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at UT Austin was ranked #15 on College Factual's Best Schools for aerospace engineering list. It is also ranked #2 in Texas.
Here are some of the other rankings for UT Austin.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at UT Austin paid an average of $1,795 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $542 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $11,448 | $40,032 |
Books and Supplies | $714 | $714 |
On Campus Room and Board | $12,286 | $12,286 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $4,480 | $4,480 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at UT Austin in Aerospace Engineering walked away with an average of $23,537 in student debt. That is about the same as the national average of $23,313.
The median early career salary of aerospace engineering students who receive their bachelor’s degree from UT Austin is $65,066 per year. That is 6% higher than the national average of $61,669.
Online degrees for the UT Austin aerospace engineering bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UT Austin Online Learning page.
About 22.6% of the students who received their BS in aerospace engineering in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 14.7%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 41.7% of the aerospace engineering bachelor’s degrees at UT Austin in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 30%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 30 |
Black or African American | 4 |
Hispanic or Latino | 34 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 88 |
International Students | 7 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 5 |
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering | 168 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Architectural Engineering | 34 |
Biomedical Engineering | 131 |
Chemical Engineering | 180 |
Civil Engineering | 144 |
Electrical Engineering | 359 |
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*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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