Aerospace / Aeronautical / Astronautical Engineering
Ranked in 2013, part of Best Engineering Schools
Students in these master's engineering programs learn the science of flight, both for aircraft and spacecraft vehicles. These are the top master's programs for aerospace / aeronautical / astronautical engineering.
| Rankings | Overall Engineering School Program Data | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | School name | Score | Tuition | Total graduate engineering enrollment | Additional data |
| #1 |
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA |
4.6 | $38,084 per year (full-time) | 587 |
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| #1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA |
4.6 | $41,770 per year (full-time) | 3,163 | |
| #3 |
Stanford University
Stanford, CA |
4.5 | $43,950 per year (full-time) | 3,548 | |
| #3 |
University of Michigan‒Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI |
4.5 | $22,518 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,914 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,184 | |
| #5 |
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA |
4.4 | $10,584 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,860 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 4,651 | |
| #6 |
Purdue University‒West Lafayette
West Lafayette, IN |
4.3 | $10,332 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,134 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,070 | |
| #7 |
University of Illinois‒Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL |
4.1 | $16,352 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,618 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,975 | |
| #8 |
University of Texas‒Austin (Cockrell)
Austin, TX |
4.0 | $9,564 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,506 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,425 | |
| #9 |
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ |
3.9 | $38,650 per year (full-time) | 574 | |
| #9 |
Texas A&M University‒College Station (Look)
College Station, TX |
3.9 | $277 per credit (in-state, full-time); $577 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,918 | |
| #11 |
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY |
3.8 | $29,500 per year (full-time) | 1,768 | |
| #11 |
University of Maryland‒College Park (Clark)
College Park, MD |
3.8 | $11,020 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,760 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,254 | |
| #11 |
University of Minnesota‒Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN |
3.8 | $14,570 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,320 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,920 | |
| #14 |
University of Colorado‒Boulder
Boulder, CO |
3.7 | $12,726 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,602 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,613 | |
| #15 |
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA |
3.6 | $10,677 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,926 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,278 | |
| #16 |
Pennsylvania State University‒University Park
University Park, PA |
3.5 | $18,672 per year (in-state, full-time); $31,512 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,863 | |
| #16 |
University of California‒Los Angeles (Samueli)
Los Angeles, CA |
3.5 | $12,562 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,664 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,776 | |
| #18 |
University of California‒San Diego (Jacobs)
La Jolla, CA |
3.3 | $11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,614 | |
| #18 |
University of Washington
Seattle, WA |
3.3 | $13,930 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,790 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,030 | |
| #20 |
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN |
3.2 | $42,350 per year (full-time) | 501 | |
| #21 |
Arizona State University (Fulton)
Tempe, AZ |
3.1 | $10,001 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,549 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,692 | |
| #21 |
Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour)
Chicago, IL |
3.1 | $1,119 per credit (full-time) | 1,450 | |
| #21 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY |
3.1 | $43,350 per year (full-time) | 831 | |
| #21 |
University of Southern California (Viterbi)
Los Angeles, CA |
3.1 | $28,242 per year (full-time) | 4,398 | |
| #25 |
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH |
3.0 | $11,704 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,016 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,738 | |
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