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 Purdue University - Main Campus. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in aerospace engineering, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bachelor's program at Purdue was ranked #18 on College Factual's Best Schools for aerospace engineering list. It is also ranked #2 in Indiana.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Purdue was $948 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $348 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $9,208 | $28,010 |
Fees | $784 | $784 |
Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
On Campus Room and Board | $10,030 | $10,030 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $1,760 | $1,760 |
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You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Aerospace Engineering students who received their bachelor’s degree at Purdue took out an average of $23,500 in student loans. 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 Purdue is $67,507 per year. That is 9% higher than the national average of $61,669.
Online degrees for the Purdue 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 Purdue Online Learning page.
About 10.7% of the students who received their BS in aerospace engineering in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 14.7%.
Around 21.4% of aerospace engineering bachelor’s degree recipients at Purdue in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 30%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 31 |
Black or African American | 3 |
Hispanic or Latino | 11 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 151 |
International Students | 39 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 16 |
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 | 252 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Agricultural Engineering | 83 |
Biomedical Engineering | 75 |
Chemical Engineering | 161 |
Civil Engineering | 161 |
Computer Engineering | 219 |
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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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