Best Graduate Aerospace / Aeronautical / Astronautical Engineering Programs in US 2017

Ranked in 2016 by US News

More US Graduate School Rankings

* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Rankings Overall Engineering School Program Data
Rank School name Enrollment (full-time) Tuition Score
#1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

(Cambridge, MA)

3,123 $46,400 per year (full-time) 4.7
#2

Georgia Institute of Technology

(Atlanta, GA)

7,504 $13,452 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,872per year (out-of-state, full-time) 4.6
#2

Stanford University

(Stanford, CA)

3,601 $48,720 per year (full-time) 4.6
#4

California Institute of Technology

(Pasadena, CA)

545 $43,710 per year (full-time) 4.4
#4

University of Michigan—​Ann Arbor

(Ann Arbor, MI)

3,364 $23,504 per year (in-state, full-time); $44,216per year (out-of-state, full-time) 4.4
#6

Purdue University—​West Lafayette

(West Lafayette, IN)

3,542 $10,330 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,132per year (out-of-state, full-time) 4.3
#7

University of Texas—​Austin (Cockrell)

(Austin, TX)

2,373 $9,564 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,506 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 4.0
#8

University of Colorado—​Boulder

(Boulder, CO)

1,803 $13,680 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,330per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3.9
#8

University of Illinois—​Urbana-​Champaign

(Urbana, IL)

3,421 $19,643 per year (in-state, full-time); $31,626per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3.9
#10

Texas A&M University—​College Station (Look)

(College Station, TX)

3,480 $241 per credit (in-state, full-time); $638 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 3.8
#10

University of Maryland—​College Park (Clark)

(College Park, MD)

2,318 $14,162 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,782per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3.8
#12

Princeton University

(Princeton, NJ)

568 $43,450 per year (full-time) 3.7
#12

Virginia Tech

(Blacksburg, VA)

2,257 $14,900 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,980per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3.7
#14

Cornell University

(Ithaca, NY)

2,001 $29,500 per year (full-time) 3.6
#14

Pennsylvania State University—​University Park

(University Park, PA)

1,840 $20,422 per year (in-state, full-time); $34,384per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3.6
#16

University of California—​Los Angeles (Samueli)

(Los Angeles, CA)

2,064 $12,630 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,732per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3.5
#16

University of Minnesota—​Twin Cis

(Minneapolis, MN)

1,901 $15,844 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,508per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3.5
#18

University of Washington

(Seattle, WA)

2,333 $16,425 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,274per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3.3
#19

University of Notre Dame

(Notre Dame, IN)

511 $47,730 per year (full-time) 3.2
#20

Ohio State University

(Columbus, OH)

1,883 $11,928 per year (in-state, full-time); $31,400per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3.1
#20

University of California—​San Diego (Jacobs)

(La Jolla, CA)

2,244 $11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3.1
#20

University of Southern California (Viterbi)

(Los Angeles, CA)

5,195 $28,384 per year (full-time) 3.1
#23

Iowa State University

(Ames, IA)

1,363 $9,372 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,250 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3.0
#23

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

(Troy, NY)

681 $48,100 per year (full-time) 3.0
#23

University of Florida

(Gainesville, FL)

2,797 $12,737 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,130per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3.0
#26

Air Force Institute of Technology

(Wright Patterson AFB, OH)

N/A  N/A  2.9
#26

Arizona State University (Fulton)

(Tempe, AZ)

3,610 $10,610 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,086per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.9
#26

North Carolina State University

(Raleigh, NC)

3,362 $7,852 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,951 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.9
#26

University of Virginia

(Charlottesville, VA)

681 $15,216 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,778per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.9
#30

Naval Postgraduate School

(Monterey, CA)

N/A  N/A  2.8
#30

University of Arizona

(Tucson, AZ)

1,098 $11,040 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,362per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.8
#30

University of California—​Davis

(Davis, CA)

1,131 $13,164 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,266per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.8
#30

University of California—​Irvine (Samueli)

(Irvine, CA)

1,470 $14,704 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,806per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.8
#34

Case Western Reserve University

(Cleveland, OH)

671 $41,137 per year (full-time) 2.6
#34

Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour)

(Chicago, IL)

1,840 $1,313 per credit (full-time) 2.6
#36

Embry-​Riddle Aeronautical University

(Daytona Beach, FL)

343 $1,331 per credit (full-time) 2.5
#36

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey—​New Brunswick

(Piscataway, NJ)

1,355 $16,272 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,648per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.5
#36

Syracuse University

(Syracuse, NY)

1,147 $24,984 per year (full-time) 2.5
#39

University at Buffalo—​SUNY

(Buffalo, NY)

1,749 $10,870 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,210per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.4
#39

University of Cincinnati

(Cincinnati, OH)

808 $12,790 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,532per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.4
#39

University of Texas—​Arlington

(Arlington, TX)

3,320 $6,999 per year (in-state, full-time); $14,753 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.4
#42

Auburn University (Ginn)

(Auburn, AL)

850 $8,802 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,406 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.3
#42

University of Kansas

(Lawrence, KS)

687 $376 per credit (in-state, full-time); $880 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 2.3
#42

Washington University in St. Louis

(St. Louis, MO)

1,187 $47,300 per year (full-time) 2.3
#42

West Virginia University

(Morgantown, WV)

703 $9,720 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,832 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.3
#42

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

(Worcester, MA)

1,124 $24,588 per year (full-time) 2.3
#47

Boston University

(Boston, MA)

1,002 $47,422 per year (full-time) 2.2
#47

George Washington University

(Washington, DC)

1,590 $1,585 per credit (full-time) 2.2
#47

Missouri University of Science & Technology

(Rolla, MO)

1,174 $9,288 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,766 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.2
#47

University of Alabama—​Huntsville

(Huntsville, AL)

740 $9,548 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,402 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.2
#47

University of Dayton

(Dayton, OH)

729 $951 per credit (full-time) 2.2
#47

University of Oklahoma

(Norman, OK)

663 $191 per credit (in-state, full-time); $740 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 2.2
#47

University of Tennessee—​Knoxville

(Knoxville, TN)

1,008 $11,906 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,354per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.2
#47

Wichita State University

(Wichita, KS)

779 $274 per credit (in-state, full-time); $672 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 2.2
#55

New Mexico State University

(Las Cruces, NM)

518 $4,088 per year (in-state, full-time); $14,254 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.1
#55

Oklahoma State University

(Stillwater, OK)

738 $196 per credit (in-state, full-time); $786 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 2.1
#55

University of Alabama

(Tuscaloosa, AL)

359 $10,170 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,950per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.1
#58

Mississippi State University (Bagley)

(Mississippi State, MS)

626 $7,392 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,032 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2.0

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