Best Graduate Aerospace / Aeronautical / Astronautical Engineering Programs in US 2018
Ranked in 2017 by US News
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* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.
| Rankings | Overall Engineering School Program Data | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | School name | Tuition | Total graduate engineering enrollment | Average GRE quantitative score (master's and Ph.D. students) (new test) | Engineering school research expenditures (2016 fiscal year) |
| 1 | Stanford University (Stanford, CA) | $50,424 per year (full-time) | 3,675 | 167 | $201,159,834 |
| 2 | Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA) | $13,452 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,872 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 8,850 | 164 | $223,060,000 |
| 2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA) | $48,140 per year (full-time) | 3,124 | 166 | $448,324,000 |
| 4 | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA) | $45,846 per year (full-time) | 543 | 169 | $105,985,025 |
| 5 | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI) | $24,444 per year (in-state, full-time); $45,974 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,570 | 166 | $295,646,000 |
| 6 | Purdue University, West Lafayette (West Lafayette, IN) | $10,332 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,134 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,744 | 164 | $259,111,348 |
| 7 | Texas A&M University, College Station (College Station, TX) | $258 per credit (in-state, full-time); $681 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,469 | 164 | $282,798,000 |
| 8 | University of Texas, Austin (Cockrell) (Austin, TX) | $9,850 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,030 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,362 | 165 | $204,333,510 |
| 9 | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Urbana, IL) | $17,834 per year (in-state, full-time); $32,628 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,806 | 166 | $227,584,892 |
| 10 | Princeton University (Princeton, NJ) | $45,320 per year (full-time) | 615 | 167 | $62,990,633 |
| 10 | University of Colorado, Boulder (Boulder, CO) | $14,094 per year (in-state, full-time); $31,248 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,900 | 162 | $97,551,458 |
| 12 | Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA) | $14,532 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,644 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,338 | 162 | $128,303,167 |
| 13 | Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) | $29,500 per year (full-time) | 2,069 | 165 | $118,254,750 |
| 13 | University of Maryland, College Park (Clark) (College Park, MD) | $13,020 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,080 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,371 | 164 | $161,868,022 |
| 15 | Pennsylvania State University, University Park (University Park, PA) | $21,294 per year (in-state, full-time); $35,650 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,029 | 163 | $100,096,457 |
| 15 | University of California, Los Angeles (Samueli) (Los Angeles, CA) | $12,684 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,786 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,187 | 166 | $96,988,104 |
| 17 | Ohio State University (Columbus, OH) | $11,928 per year (in-state, full-time); $32,376 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,849 | 164 | $128,840,826 |
| 17 | University of Southern California (Viterbi) (Los Angeles, CA) | $29,520 per year (full-time) | 5,497 | 166 | $192,117,384 |
| 19 | University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN) | $49,050 per year (full-time) | 520 | 163 | $46,707,101 |
| 19 | University of Washington (Seattle, WA) | $16,917 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,153 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,416 | 163 | $151,225,559 |
| 21 | University of California, San Diego (Jacobs) (La Jolla, CA) | $11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,635 | 166 | $168,012,410 |
| 21 | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (Minneapolis, MN) | $16,240 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,120 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,923 | 164 | $122,194,826 |
| 23 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY) | $49,520 per year (full-time) | 646 | 164 | $53,892,000 |
| 23 | University of California, Davis (Davis, CA) | $13,237 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,339 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,090 | 163 | $83,858,768 |
| 25 | University of Florida (Gainesville, FL) | $12,737 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,130 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,067 | 163 | $69,346,000 |
| 26 | Naval Postgraduate School (Monterey, CA) | N/A | - | - | - |
| 26 | Rice University (Brown) (Houston, TX) | $43,220 per year (full-time) | 949 | 166 | $69,614,390 |
| 26 | University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) | $11,372 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,124 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,081 | 162 | $50,284,260 |
| 26 | University of California, Irvine (Samueli) (Irvine, CA) | $15,141 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,243 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,442 | 164 | $90,005,096 |
| 26 | University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA) | $15,678 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,578 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 786 | 164 | $70,905,434 |
| 31 | Air Force Institute of Technology (Wright Patterson AFB, OH) | N/A | - | - | - |
| 31 | Arizona State University (Fulton) (Tempe, AZ) | $10,810 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,186 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,636 | 162 | $103,301,308 |
| 31 | Iowa State University (Ames, IA) | $9,770 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,024 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,337 | 167 | $94,520,571 |
| 31 | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC) | $8,088 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,610 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,303 | 164 | $188,960,115 |
| 35 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Daytona Beach, FL) | $1,358 per credit (full-time) | 340 | 157 | $15,438,321 |
| 35 | University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH) | $12,790 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,532 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 782 | 161 | $19,909,952 |
| 37 | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH) | $42,576 per year (full-time) | 702 | 164 | $42,145,000 |
| 37 | San Diego State University (San Diego, CA) | $6,738 per year (in-state, full-time); $372 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 412 | 157 | - |
| 37 | Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY) | $25,974 per year (full-time) | 1,090 | 162 | $12,435,378 |
| 37 | University at Buffalo, SUNY (Buffalo, NY) | $10,870 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,210 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,859 | 162 | $59,036,405 |
| 37 | University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS) | $395 per credit (in-state, full-time); $924 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 640 | 161 | $15,253,449 |
| 37 | University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Tickle) (Knoxville, TN) | $12,834 per year (in-state, full-time); $31,252 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,118 | 160 | $70,692,000 |
| 43 | Auburn University (Ginn) (Auburn, AL) | $9,072 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,216 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 897 | 163 | $61,678,000 |
| 43 | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick (Piscataway, NJ) | $16,536 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,128 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,395 | 163 | $69,393,591 |
| 43 | University of Dayton (Dayton, OH) | $970 per credit (full-time) | 609 | 157 | $109,505,415 |
| 43 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, MA) | $25,344 per year (full-time) | 1,203 | 164 | $24,727,818 |
| 47 | George Washington University (Washington, DC) | $1,690 per credit (full-time) | 1,821 | 163 | $13,345,523 |
| 48 | Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour) (Chicago, IL) | $1,400 per credit (full-time) | 1,885 | 160 | $18,808,627 |
| 48 | Mississippi State University (Bagley) (Mississippi State, MS) | $7,670 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,790 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 665 | 158 | $38,304,000 |
| 48 | Missouri University of Science & Technology (Rolla, MO) | $9,288 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,766 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,127 | 156 | $24,974,630 |
| 48 | University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL) | $10,470 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,950 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 373 | 160 | $21,341,616 |
| 48 | University of Alabama, Huntsville (Huntsville, AL) | $9,834 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,830 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 781 | 157 | $49,901,229 |
| 48 | University of Texas, Arlington (Arlington, TX) | $7,180 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,002 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,246 | 158 | $45,265,615 |
| 54 | Boston University (Boston, MA) | $49,176 per year (full-time) | 1,121 | 164 | $95,618,671 |
| 54 | Utah State University (Logan, UT) | $5,835 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,632 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 383 | - | $21,202,581 |
| 56 | University of Houston (Cullen) (Houston, TX) | $442 per credit (in-state, full-time); $950 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,448 | 161 | $31,459,760 |
| 56 | University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK) | $204 per credit (in-state, full-time); $791 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 710 | 161 | $27,330,543 |
| 56 | Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, MO) | $48,950 per year (full-time) | 1,256 | 165 | $24,560,000 |
| 56 | Wichita State University (Wichita, KS) | $287 per credit (in-state, full-time); $706 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 643 | 155 | $47,958,838 |
| 60 | New Mexico State University (Las Cruces, NM) | $4,088 per year (in-state, full-time); $14,254 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 479 | 157 | $12,508,395 |
| 60 | West Virginia University (Statler) (Morgantown, WV) | $10,242 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,056 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 701 | 157 | $19,861,768 |
| RNP | Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK) | $209 per credit (in-state, full-time); $825 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 618 | 160 | $15,335,050 |
| RNP | Old Dominion University (Batten) (Norfolk, VA) | $478 per credit (in-state, full-time); $1,195 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 726 | 157 | $8,063,007 |
| RNP | St. Louis University (Parks) (St. Louis, MO) | $1,075 per credit (full-time) | 104 | 159 | $1,765,749 |
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