by our College Data Analytics TeamIn 2025, College Factual analyzed 10 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 428 doctor's degrees in aerospace & aeronautical engineering during the <nil> academic year.
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Your choice of aerospace & aeronautical engineering for getting your doctor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for aerospace & aeronautical engineering students working on their doctor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in aerospace & aeronautical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Stanford.More information about a doctorate in aerospace & aeronautical engineering from Stanford University
It's hard to beat Virginia Tech if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in aerospace & aeronautical engineering from Virginia Tech
Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in aerospace & aeronautical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
Purdue is a very large public university located in the city of West Lafayette.More information about a doctorate in aerospace & aeronautical engineering from Purdue University - Main Campus
U-M is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.More information about a doctorate in aerospace & aeronautical engineering from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in aerospace & aeronautical engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in aerospace & aeronautical engineering from Texas A&M University - College Station
UMCP is a very large public university located in the large suburb of College Park.More information about a doctorate in aerospace & aeronautical engineering from University of Maryland - College Park
CU - Boulder is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Boulder.More information about a doctorate in aerospace & aeronautical engineering from University of Colorado Boulder
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One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering | 428 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Electrical Engineering | 2,178 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 1,842 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 1,361 |
| Civil Engineering | 1,240 |
| Chemical Engineering | 1,120 |
| Materials Engineering | 772 |
| General Engineering | 458 |
| Computer Engineering | 392 |
| Industrial Engineering | 346 |
| Other Engineering | 219 |
