2021 Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in California
8Colleges
875Bachelor's Degrees
$34,461Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
With 875 bachelor's degrees handed out in <nil>, aerospace & aeronautical engineering is the #63 most popular major in California. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 14.7% of all the aerospace engineering bachelor's degrees in the country.
This year's Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in California ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent aerospace & aeronautical engineering programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the aerospace & aeronautical engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students in California
Check out the aerospace engineering programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Southern California has taken the #1 spot in this year's aerospace & aeronautical engineering ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at USC, the school also landed the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in California ranking.
The student loan default rate at USC is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 15,291 students take at least one class online at USC. About 6,687 of the students at USC are attending part time.
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in California list.
About 0.8% of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 15,682 students take at least one class online at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. 1,455 students are part time.
San Diego State University landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best aerospace & aeronautical engineering schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of San Diego, SDSU is a public college with a very large student population. SDSU also made our Best Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in California list, coming in at #5.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.1%. There are approximately 21,657 students at SDSU that take at least one class online. 5,452 of SDSU students are attending part time.
California State Polytechnic University - Pomona landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best aerospace & aeronautical engineering schools for non-traditional students. Located in the suburb of Pomona, Cal Poly Pomona is a public school with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Cal Poly Pomona has also earned the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in California ranking.
The student loan default rate at Cal Poly Pomona is lower than is typical, just 1.0% of students default in three years. Approximately 20,284 students take at least one class online at Cal Poly Pomona. There are roughly 5,151 part time students in attendance at Cal Poly Pomona.
California State University - Long Beach comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. CSULB is a fairly large public school located in the city of Long Beach. CSULB also made our Best Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in California list, coming in at #7.
About 0.8% of CSULB students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 24,806 students take at least one class online at CSULB. There are roughly 8,046 part time students in attendance at CSULB.
University of California - San Diego comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public college with a fairly large student population. UCSD also took the #3 spot in our Best Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in California rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.6%. Approximately 21,222 students take at least one class online at UCSD. 1,605 of UCSD students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize University of California - Irvine as the #7 school in this year's rankings. UC Irvine is a very large public school located in the large city of Irvine. UC Irvine also made our Best Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in California list, coming in at #4.
About 0.6% of UC Irvine students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 23,448 students take at least one class online at UC Irvine. 1,201 students are part time.
University of California - Davis comes in at #8 in this year's ranking. UC Davis is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Davis. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UC Davis has also earned the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in California ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. Approximately 7,892 students take at least one class online at UC Davis. About 1,668 of the students at UC Davis are attending part time.
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Related Non-Traditional Student Rankings by Major
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 8 schools only.
References
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).
With 875 bachelor's degrees handed out in <nil>, aerospace & aeronautical engineering is the #63 most popular major in California. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 14.7% of all the aerospace engineering bachelor's degrees in the country.
