Best Graduate Aerospace / Aeronautical / Astronautical Engineering Programs in US 2015

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* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Rank School name Tuition Total graduate engineering enrollment
#1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

(Cambridge, MA, US)

$43,210 per year (full-time) 3,174
#2 California Institute of Technology

(Pasadena, CA, US)

$39,990 per year (full-time) 569
#2 Stanford University

(Stanford, CA, US)

$45,480 per year (full-time) 3,517
#4 University of Michigan—​Ann Arbor

(Ann Arbor, MI, US)

$22,322 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,998per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3,178
#5 Georgia Institute of Technology

(Atlanta, GA, US)

$11,324 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,330per year (out-of-state, full-time) 4,576
#5 Purdue University—​West Lafayette

(West Lafayette, IN, US)

$10,332 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,134per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3,333
#7 University of Illinois—​Urbana-​Champaign

(Urbana, IL, US)

$16,754 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,246per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3,154
#8 University of Texas—​Austin (Cockrell)

(Austin, TX, US)

$9,564 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,506 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2,397
#9 Cornell University

(Ithaca, NY, US)

$29,530 per year (full-time) 1,812
#9 Princeton University

(Princeton, NJ, US)

$40,170 per year (full-time) 576
#9 University of Colorado—​Boulder

(Boulder, CO, US)

$12,960 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,142per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,623
#12 Texas A&M University—​College Station (Look)

(College Station, TX, US)

$227 per credit (in-state, full-time); $581 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 3,066
#12 University of Maryland—​College Park (Clark)

(College Park, MD, US)

$11,460 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,720per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2,150
#14 Pennsylvania State University—​University Park

(University Park, PA, US)

$19,304 per year (in-state, full-time); $32,416per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,719
#14 University of California—​Los Angeles (Samueli)

(Los Angeles, CA, US)

$12,562 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,664per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,854
#14 University of Minnesota—​Twin Cities

(Minneapolis, MN, US)

$14,708 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,990per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,928
#17 University of Washington

(Seattle, WA, US)

$14,904 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,594per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2,139
#17 Virginia Tech

(Blacksburg, VA, US)

$11,184 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,146per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2,193
#19 University of California—​San Diego (Jacobs)

(La Jolla, CA, US)

$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,715
#19 University of Southern California (Viterbi)

(Los Angeles, CA, US)

$29,448 per year (full-time) 4,857
#21 University of Notre Dame

(Notre Dame, IN, US)

$43,980 per year (full-time) 484
#22 Ohio State University

(Columbus, OH, US)

$11,928 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,592per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,680
#23 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

(Troy, NY, US)

$45,100 per year (full-time) 783
#23 University of California—​Irvine (Samueli)

(Irvine, CA, US)

$13,812 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,914per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,325
#23 University of Florida

(Gainesville, FL, US)

$12,642 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,035per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2,739
#26 Iowa State University

(Ames, IA, US)

$9,046 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,304 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,161
#26 University of Arizona

(Tucson, AZ, US)

$10,508 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,380per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,041
#28 Arizona State University (Fulton)

(Tempe, AZ, US)

$10,300 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,286per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3,136
#28 University of California—​Davis

(Davis, CA, US)

$13,109 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,211per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,130
#28 University of Virginia

(Charlottesville, VA, US)

$14,358 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,682per year (out-of-state, full-time) 655
#31 Air Force Institute of Technology

(Wright Patterson AFB, OH, US)

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#31 Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour)

(Chicago, IL, US)

$1,204 per credit (full-time) 1,587
#31 North Carolina State University

(Raleigh, NC, US)

$7,173 per year (in-state, full-time); $19,511 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2,929
#34 Case Western Reserve University

(Cleveland, OH, US)

$38,588 per year (full-time) 633
#34 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey—​New Brunswick

(Piscataway, NJ, US)

$15,552 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,704per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,162
#36 Syracuse University

(Syracuse, NY, US)

$1,294 per credit (full-time) 996
#36 University of Cincinnati

(Cincinnati, OH, US)

$12,522 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,036per year (out-of-state, full-time) 870
#36 Washington University in St. Louis

(St. Louis, MO, US)

$44,100 per year (full-time) 879
#39 George Washington University

(Washington, DC, US)

$1,440 per credit (full-time) 1,701
#39 University at Buffalo—​SUNY

(Buffalo, NY, US)

$9,870 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,350 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,801
#39 University of Kansas

(Lawrence, KS, US)

$346 per credit (in-state, full-time); $810 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 637
#39 University of Texas—​Arlington

(Arlington, TX, US)

$8,558 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,100 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,803
#43 Auburn University (Ginn)

(Auburn University, AL, US)

$8,262 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,786 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 883
#43 Boston University

(Boston, MA, US)

$43,970 per year (full-time) 907
#43 New Mexico State University

(Las Cruces, NM, US)

$5,398 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,821 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 471
#43 University of Alabama—​Huntsville

(Huntsville, AL, US)

$8,912 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,774 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 729
#43 Wichita State University

(Wichita, KS, US)

$253 per credit (in-state, full-time); $638 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 754
#48 Mississippi State University (Bagley)

(Mississippi State, MS, US)

$6,672 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,860 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 590
#48 Missouri University of Science & Technology

(Rolla, MO, US)

$6,661 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,199 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,196
#48 University of Alabama

(Tuscaloosa, AL, US)

$9,450 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,950 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 339
#48 University of Dayton

(Dayton, OH, US)

$888 per credit (full-time) 736
#48 University of Oklahoma

(Norman, OK, US)

$175 per credit (in-state, full-time); $675 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 555
#48 West Virginia University

(Morgantown, WV, US)

$8,280 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,906 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 698
#54 Oklahoma State University

(Stillwater, OK, US)

$178 per credit (in-state, full-time); $728 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 928
#54 University of Houston (Cullen)

(Houston, TX, US)

$483 per credit (in-state, full-time); $837 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 1,208
#54 University of Tennessee—​Knoxville

(Knoxville, TN, US)

$10,944 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,432per year (out-of-state, full-time) 980
#57 University of Missouri

(Columbia, MO, US)

$6,452 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,114 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 651

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