September 23, 2025
The aerospace engineering undergraduate program in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin has risen to No. 8 in the nation in the 2025-2026 U.S. News & World Report rankings. Additionally, Texas Engineering has been named the No. 11 best undergraduate engineering program (No. 6 among public universities and No. 1 in Texas).
More than 500 students are enrolled in the aerospace engineering undergraduate program at UT Austin’s Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics. Our project-based labs and organizations provide students with valuable real-world engineering educational experiences, preparing them for the workforce when they head out to change the world.
Opportunities include performing undergraduate research under the direction of world-renowned faculty, working in the Texas Spacecraft Lab and Texas Rocket Engineering Lab, as well as participating in a wide variety of project-based and leadership student organizations.
Learn more about our undergraduate programs, which include aerospace engineering and the first ever computational engineering undergraduate program.
The U.S. News ranking is one of the most widely referenced measurements of undergraduate programs nationally and is based on 19 key measures, such as graduation rates and student outcomes, faculty resources, expert opinions, financial resources and student excellence.
