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.

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Rank School name Score Tuition Total graduate engineering enrollment Additional data
#39 Air Force Institute of Technology

Wright Patterson AFB, OH

2.4 N/A N/A

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#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
#43 Auburn University (Ginn)

Auburn University, AL

2.3 $7,866 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,598 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 851
#39 Boston University

Boston, MA

2.4 $42,400 per year (full-time) 857
#1 California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA

4.6 $38,084 per year (full-time) 587
#43 Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH

2.3 $37,120 per year (full-time) 633
#11 Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

3.8 $29,500 per year (full-time) 1,768
#39 George Washington University

Washington, DC

2.4 $1,340 per credit (full-time) 1,542
#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
#21 Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour)

Chicago, IL

3.1 $1,119 per credit (full-time) 1,450
#26 Iowa State University

Ames, IA

2.9 $8,940 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,814 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,013
#1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

4.6 $41,770 per year (full-time) 3,163
#47 Mississippi State University (Bagley)

Mississippi State, MS

2.1 $6,264 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,828 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 622
#46 Missouri University of Science & Technology

Rolla, MO

2.2 $6,390 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,470 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,050
#47 New Mexico State University

Las Cruces, NM

2.1 $6,514 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,266 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 456
#33 North Carolina State University

Raleigh, NC

2.7 $6,883 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,931 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2,918
#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
#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
#9 Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

3.9 $38,650 per year (full-time) 574
#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
#21 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, NY

3.1 $43,350 per year (full-time) 831
#30 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey​‒​New Brunswick

Piscataway, NJ

2.8 $15,024 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,600 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,004
#3 Stanford University

Stanford, CA

4.5 $43,950 per year (full-time) 3,548
#35 Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

2.6 $1,249 per credit (full-time) 862
#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

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