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 |
| #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 | |

