by our College Data Analytics TeamThe 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 University of California - Los Angeles. 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 UCLA was ranked #14 on College Factual's Best Schools for aerospace engineering list. It is also ranked #5 in California.
Here are some of the other rankings for UCLA.
Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $11,442 | $41,196 |
| Fees | $1,807 | $1,807 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,314 | $1,314 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $17,599 | $17,599 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $4,625 | $4,625 |
Learn more about UCLA tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at UCLA in Aerospace Engineering walked away with an average of $17,500 in student debt. That is 25% lower than the national average of $23,313.
The median early career salary of aerospace engineering students who receive their bachelor’s degree from UCLA is $70,456 per year. That is 14% higher than the national average of $61,669.
UCLA does not offer an online option for its aerospace engineering bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UCLA Online Learning page.
Women made up around 17.9% of the aerospace engineering students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 14.7%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering at UCLA in 2019-2020, 51.8% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 30%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 20 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 22 |
| International Students | 4 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering | 56 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to aerospace and aeronautical engineering.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Biomedical Engineering | 63 |
| Chemical Engineering | 74 |
| Civil Engineering | 87 |
| Computer Engineering | 72 |
| Electrical Engineering | 155 |
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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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
