Where do our alumni end up?
Our graduates have been highly successful in a variety of aerospace and ocean engineering fields
Employers range from large, multinational corporations to small consulting firms.
Some of our alumni choose to go into related fields such as automotive engineering, structural engineering, environmental engineering, or into professions such as law or medicine.
The department's long history and reputation for excellence have ensured that our graduates are recruited by industry even during difficult economic times.
Among our alumni who enter the work force, most find jobs in the following fields and industries:
![Jet turbine engine](/content/aoe_vt_edu/en/undergraduate/where-our-alumni-end-up/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn/vt-items_0/adaptiveimage.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
Aerospace industry
![A ship being built in a drydock](/content/aoe_vt_edu/en/undergraduate/where-our-alumni-end-up/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn/vt-items_1/adaptiveimage.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
Ship building industry
![A rocket launching](/content/aoe_vt_edu/en/undergraduate/where-our-alumni-end-up/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn_576950300/vt-items_0/adaptiveimage.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
Federal Government Agencies: NASA, U.S. Department of Defense, etc.
![The box of a cargo ship cutting through smooth water](/content/aoe_vt_edu/en/undergraduate/where-our-alumni-end-up/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn_576950300/vt-items_1/adaptiveimage.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
Maritime agencies
Recent surveys* of AOE graduates indicate:
78%
expected full-time employment
14%
furthered their studies in graduate school
8%
went into the military or volunteer service