AEM Graduate Statistics

This information was collected through a survey sent out to AEM students who graduated in the 2017-2018 school year. Below is information regarding career outcomes, experiences at UMN, and internship information.

*Data provided by the CSE Career Center

Experiences Outside of the Classroom (2017-2018)

Company and Position Titles for AEM Graduates (2017-2018)

Company	Position Titles	City	State
3M	Lab Analyst III	Maplewood	Minnesota
Abbott Laboratories	Operator II	Little Canada	Minnesota
Aerospace Advisory OSC	Analyst	Minnetonka	Minnesota
Applied Engineering	Test Engineer	Bismark	North Dakota
ASTER Labs	Associate Research Scientist	Shoreview	Minnesota
ASTER Labs	Research Scientist	Shoreview	Minnesota
Aster Labs	Research Scientist	Shoreview	Minnesota
Aster Labs	Research Scientist	Shoreview	Minnesota
BAE Systems	Controls Engineer	Fridley	Minnesota
Bigelow Aerospace	Softgoods Design Engineer	Las Vegas	Nevada
Boeing	Aerodynamics Performance Engineer	Seattle	Washington
Boeing	Systems Engineer	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma
Boeing	Aerodynamics Engineer	St. Louis	Missouri
Conti Solar	Field Engineer	Minneapolis	Minnesota
Crane Aerospace & Electronics	Test Engineer	Lynnwood	Washington
Daikin Applied	Development Engineer	Plymouth	Minnesota
Epic Systems	Integration Engineer	Madison	Wisconsin
EXB Solutions	Software Engineer	Minneapolis	Minnesota
Fedex Express	Associate Engineer/AOD	Memphis	Tennessee
Garmin AT, Inc.	Aviation Systems Engineer	Salem	Oregon
Graco	Manufacturing Engineer	Rogers	Minnesota
HAF Equipment	Mechanical Design Engineer	Maplewood	Minnesota
Honeywell	Associate Systems Engineer	Minneapolis	Minnesota
Honeywell Aerospace	Navigation Analyst	Minneapolis	Minnesota
Honeywell Aerospace	Systems Engineer	Coon Rapids	Minnesota
Honeywell Aerospace	Systems Engineer 1	Coon Rapids	Minnesota
Jacobs Technology	Engineer 1 - Mechanical	Cape Canaveral	Florida
L3 Commercial Aviation	Software Engineer 1	Burnsville	Minnesota
Mercury Marine	Manufacturing Engineer	Fond du Lac	Wisconsin
Momentum Aeronautics, LLC.	Aerospace Engineer	St. Paul	Minnesota
NASA	Fluid System Engineer	Cleveland	Ohio
National Instruments	ELP Engineer	Austin	Texas
National Instruments	Application Engineer	Austin	Texas
Niche Frontiere	Mechanical Engineer	Gopeng	Malaysia
Orbital ATK	Associate Manufacturing Engineer	Plymouth	Minnesota
Orbital ATK	Associate Aerodynamicist	Plymouth	Minnesota
Orbital ATK	Associate Systems Engineer	Plymouth	Minnesota
Orbital ATK	Associate Aerospace Engineer	Plymouth	Minneosota
Orbital ATK	Associate Systems Engineer	Plymouth	Minnesota
Progress Rail Services	Signal Engineer III	Hudson	Wisconsin
Progress Rail Services	Engineer	Hudson	Wisconsin
Raytheon	Systems Engineer	Springfield	Virginia
Raytheon	Systems Engineer	Tucson	Arizona
Seagate Technology	Engineer	Bloomington	Minnesota
Sentera	Associate Task Engineer	Minneapolis	Minnesota
Sentera	Aerospace Engineer	Richfield	Minnesota
SpaceX	Crew Dragon Launch Engineer	Cape Canaveral	Florida
SpaceX	Propulsion Engineer	Hawthorne	California
The Boeing Company	Software Engineer	St. Louis	Missouri
Twin City Fan Companies, Ltd.	Design Engineer	Plymouth	Minnesota
UTC Aerospace Systems	Associate GNC Engineer	Burnsville	Minnesota
UTC Aerospace Systems	Associate Mechanical Engineer	Burnsville	Minnesota
UTC Aerospace Systems	Associate GNC Engineer	Burnsville	Minnesota
Wipaire	R&D Engineer	Inver Grove Heights	Minnesota

University and Program Information for AEM Graduates (2017-2018)

	# Responded	Average	Minimum	Maximum
All Internships:	45	$18.72	$10.00	$26.00
Paid Internships:	45	$18.72	$10.00	$26.00

	# of Responded	%
1	22	66.7%
2	5	15.2%
3	4	12.1%
4 or more	2	6.1%
Total	33	100%

	# Responded	%
Yes	22	59.5%
No	15	40.5%
Total	37	100%

	# Responded	%
Research outside of the classroom	34	45.3%
Internship (either for credit or not for credit)	39	52.0%
Co-op	7	9.3%
Student Group(s)	63	84.0%
International Experience	10	13.3%
On-Campus Student Employment	41	54.7%
Off-Campus Student Employment	22	26.9%
None of the above	2	2.7%
Total Responses	75

	# Responded	%
1	26	70.3%
2	8	21.6%
3	3	8.1%
4	0	0%
5 or more	0	0%
Total	37	100%

	# Responded	%
Less than 1 month	8	23.5%
1 to 2 months	6	17.7%
3 to 4 months	7	20.6%
5 to 6 months	3	8.8%
7 to 8 months	3	8.8%
9 to 10 months	3	8.8%
11 to 12 months	1	2.9%
More than 12 months	3	8.8%
Total

Type of Degree	# Responded	%
Further Undergraduate Coursework	0	0.0%
Second Bachelor's Degree	0	0.0%
Masters in a Technical Field	6	54.6%
Masters in Non-Technical Field	0	0.0%
PhD Program	4	36.4%
Doctoral Health Degree (e.g. M.D., D.D.S, PharmD, D.V.M.)	0	0.0%
Law Degree (LL.B. or J.D.)	1	9.0%
MBA	0	0.0%
Total	11	100.0%

University	Program	City	State	Country	Program Type
California Institute of Technology	Computing and Mathematical Sciences	Pasadena	California		PhD Program
Georgia Tech	Aerospace Engineering	Atlanta	Georgia		Masters in a technical field
McGill	Aerospace Engineering Masters	Montreal		Canada	Masters in a technical field
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Aerospace Engineering	Troy	New York		PhD Program
RWTH Aachen	Automotive Engineering	Aachen		Germany	Masters in a technical field
University of Minnesota	Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics	Minneapolis	Minnesota		Masters in a technical field
University of Minnesota	Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics	Minneapolis	Minnesota		Masters in a technical field
University of Minnesota	Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics	Minneapolis	Minnesota		PhD Program
University of Minnesota	Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics	Minneapolis	Minnesota		PhD Program
University of Southern California	Law School	Los Angeles	California		Law Degree (LL.B. or J.D.)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute	Aerospace Engineering	Blacksburg	Virginia		Masters in a technical field

Career Data for AEM Graduate Students