Aerospace / Aeronautical / Astronautical Best Engineering Schools
Ranked in 2010
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.
Editor's note: Due to an initial data processing error, the ranking of several schools on this list have changed. As of March 18, 2011, these rankings have been carried over from those published in the 2011 edition which were ranked in 2010. This is the corrected list. However the discrepancies in the rankings themselves were not able to be corrected in the 2012 print edition of Best Graduate Schools.
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| Save | Rank | College name | Score | Tuition | Total graduate engineering enrollment | Average GRE quantitative score (master's and Ph.D. students) | Research expenditures per faculty member | Engineering school research expenditures (2009-2010 fiscal year) | Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering |
| #1 |
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA | 4.8 | Full-time: $34,989 per year | 556 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | |
| #1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA | 4.8 | Full-time: $38,940 per year | 2,677 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | |
| #3 |
Stanford University
Stanford, CA | 4.7 | Full-time: $41,220 per year | 3,572 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | |
| #4 |
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA | 4.6 | In-state, full-time: $8,636 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $26,204 per year | 4,607 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | |
| #5 |
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI | 4.5 | In-state, full-time: $20,256 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $38,116 per year | 2,955 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | |
| #6 |
Purdue University--West Lafayette
West Lafayette, IN | 4.3 | In-state, full-time: $9,642 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $27,194 per year | 2,865 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | |
| #7 |
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ | 4.0 | Full-time: $38,090 per year | 558 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | |
| #7 |
University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL | 4.0 | In-state, full-time: $14,932 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $28,198 per year | 2,711 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | |
| #9 |
University of Maryland--College Park (Clark)
College Park, MD | 3.9 | In-state, full-time: $9,000 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $19,386 per year | 2,200 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | |
| #10 |
Texas A&M University--College Station (Look)
College Station, TX | 3.8 | In-state, full-time: $227 per credit, Out-of-state, full-time: $537 per credit | 2,955 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | |
| #10 |
University of Texas--Austin (Cockrell)
Austin, TX | 3.8 | In-state, full-time: $8,876 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $16,252 per year | 2,476 | Locked | Locked | Locked | Locked | |
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