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Aerospace Engineering
Aircraft, rockets and satellites: aerodynamics, propulsion and flight control.
Who it suits
RIC
- Builder: hands-on, tools, machines, outdoors
- Thinker: analysing, researching, figuring out why
- Organiser: structure, data, precision
Students here tend to be a bit more curious, organised than average.
Builds on
Physics ●●●Mathematics ●●●
Typically offers
High salary · Job security · Working with technology
Where it leads
Aerospace engineer · Propulsion engineer · Flight test engineer · Satellite engineer
US median earnings, one year after a bachelor’s
$65,779
College Scorecard, US Department of Education
288 programmes tracked
🇺🇸 United States 107🇫🇷 France 88🇩🇪 Germany 55🇦🇺 Australia 23🇫🇮 Finland 9🇨🇭 Switzerland 4🇦🇹 Austria 2
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