2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in Virginia

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in aerospace and aeronautical engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #78 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2022, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in Virginia ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 174 bachelor's degrees in aerospace and aeronautical engineering to qualified students.

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Most Popular Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in Virginia

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in aerospace and aeronautical engineering.

Most Well Attended Schools for Aerospace Engineering Students Working on Their Bachelor's

1

Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

138 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Virginia Tech is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in aerospace and aeronautical engineering. Virginia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Blacksburg. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for bachelor's degrees in aerospace and aeronautical engineering in Virginia.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the aerospace engineering program state that they receive average early career wages of $62,000.

More information about a bachelor’s in aerospace and aeronautical engineering from Virginia Tech

2

University of Virginia - Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA

36 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In VA

$69,300 Median Salary

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in aerospace and aeronautical engineering needs to check out University of Virginia - Main Campus. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public university with a fairly large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in aerospace and aeronautical engineering in Virginia.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the aerospace engineering program state that they receive average early career wages of $69,300.

More information about a bachelor’s in aerospace and aeronautical engineering from University of Virginia - Main Campus

Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Georgia	220	207
Florida	214	567
Tennessee	209	36
North Carolina	207	70
South Carolina	188	0
Alabama	183	214
Kentucky	177	0
Mississippi	158	49
West Virginia	142	79

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Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 40 majors within the Engineering area of study, Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Aerospace Engineering Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	174

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	885
Civil Engineering	409
Electrical Engineering	386
Computer Engineering	383
Chemical Engineering	201
Industrial Engineering	191
Biomedical Engineering	182
Systems Engineering	161
General Engineering	124
Materials Engineering	63

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Ian3055. More about our data sources and methodologies.