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 |
| #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 |
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| #20 |
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN |
3.2 | $42,350 per year (full-time) | 501 | |
| #9 |
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ |
3.9 | $38,650 per year (full-time) | 574 | |
| #1 |
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA |
4.6 | $38,084 per year (full-time) | 587 | |
| #47 |
Wichita State University
Wichita, KS |
2.1 | $234 per credit (in-state, full-time); $619 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 591 | |
| #47 |
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS |
2.1 | $330 per credit (in-state, full-time); $772 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 593 | |
| #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 | |
| #43 |
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH |
2.3 | $37,120 per year (full-time) | 633 | |
| #33 |
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA |
2.7 | $13,806 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,130 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 667 | |
| #47 |
University of Dayton
Dayton, OH |
2.1 | $788 per credit (full-time) | 689 | |
| #47 |
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV |
2.1 | $7,804 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,054 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 704 | |
| #43 |
University of Alabama‒Huntsville
Huntsville, AL |
2.3 | $8,516 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,384 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 763 | |
| #36 |
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO |
2.5 | $42,500 per year (full-time) | 775 | |
| #21 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY |
3.1 | $43,350 per year (full-time) | 831 | |
| #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 | |
| #30 |
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH |
2.8 | $12,522 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,036 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 859 | |
| #35 |
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY |
2.6 | $1,249 per credit (full-time) | 862 | |
| #30 |
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ |
2.8 | $10,202 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,612 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 993 | |
| #53 |
University of Tennessee‒Knoxville
Knoxville, TN |
2.0 | $10,280 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,768 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,000 | |
| #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 | |
| #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 | |
| #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 | |
| #39 |
University of Houston (Cullen)
Houston, TX |
2.4 | $478 per credit (in-state, full-time); $829 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,070 | |
| #26 |
University of California‒Davis
Davis, CA |
2.9 | $15,387 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,489 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,169 | |

