Aerospace Physiology and Medicine

A program that focuses on the scientific study of the physiological processes involved in low and high-altitude flight and living in space and related low-pressure and low-gravity environments, including sensorimotor interactions, response mechanisms, and the effects of injury, disease, and disability. Includes instruction in anatomy, molecular and cellular basis of muscle contraction, fuel utilization, neurophysiology of motor mechanics, systemic physiological responses (respiration, blood flow, endocrine secretions, and others), fatigue and exhaustion, systemic environmental pathologies, muscle and body training, physiology of specific exercises and activities, physiology of injury, and the effects of disabilities and disease.

For all the 30 degrees granted in Aerospace Physiology and Medicine annually, the majority of them are Bachelors degree. Out of the 30 students earning degrees at the Bachelors degree level across the US, 43% percent identify as men and 57% percent identify as women. While students at schools all over the US study Aerospace Physiology and Medicine, Florida has the most graduates. The average annual income for an undergraduate degree in Aerospace Physiology and Medicine is $42,090.