Considering a degree in Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering majors who live in California.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of California.
Note: Net price is the actual cost of college paid after factoring in financial aid.The net prices displayed in these rankings are College Raptor's estimates.
“Typical” middle class family values used in the Net Price estimates on this page are:
| Rank | Institution | Typical Net Price | Sticker Price | % Savings | Undergraduates | Est. Median SAT | Acceptance Rate | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Air Force Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,124 | 1344 | 0.1393 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,465 | 1314 | 0.0936 | |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4700 | 86800 | 0.9456 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 4 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.5879 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 5 | Utah State University | 7900 | 24900 | 0.6836 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 6 | Stanford University | 9400 | 71500 | 0.868 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 7 | University of Notre Dame | 10100 | 86100 | 0.8826 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 8 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38000 | 0.7304 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 9 | Elizabeth City State University | 10400 | 15100 | 0.3117 | 2,131 | 940 | 0.6461 | |
| 9 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 10400 | 27200 | 0.6184 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 11 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 10500 | 34300 | 0.6935 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 12 | Tennessee State University | 11300 | 30300 | 0.6266 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 13 | Southern Utah University | 11500 | 21100 | 0.4542 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 14 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12100 | 29900 | 0.5952 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 15 | Fairmont State University | 12200 | 21400 | 0.4304 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 17 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0.0009 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 18 | Indiana State University | 13100 | 25900 | 0.495 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 19 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13900 | 25700 | 0.4586 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 20 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 14500 | 29300 | 0.5047 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 20 | University of North Texas | 14500 | 25400 | 0.4298 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 22 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14700 | 28000 | 0.4747 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 23 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 80400 | 0.8117 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 24 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 35300 | 0.5703 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 25 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 15500 | 23400 | 0.338 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 25 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3744 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 27 | California State University-Long Beach | 15700 | 25800 | 0.3918 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 27 | University of Arizona | 15700 | 30900 | 0.4927 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 29 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | Southeast Missouri State University | 16100 | 30300 | 0.4667 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 31 | Delta State University | 16300 | 23400 | 0.3037 | 1,876 | 1040 | 1 | |
| 31 | Middle Georgia State University | 16300 | 16300 | 0 | 7,485 | 1045 | 0.9977 | |
| 31 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5549 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 34 | University of Southern California | 16400 | 71400 | 0.7706 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 35 | Florida Memorial University | 18400 | 46100 | 0.601 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 35 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 18400 | 78300 | 0.7651 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 37 | University of Memphis | 18800 | 26400 | 0.2884 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 38 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3401 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 39 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 19100 | 27200 | 0.2981 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 40 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 38800 | 0.4812 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 41 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 43700 | 0.5382 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 41 | Western Michigan University | 20200 | 32300 | 0.3747 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 43 | West Virginia University | 20400 | 28800 | 0.2919 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 44 | South Dakota State University | 20500 | 25200 | 0.1858 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 45 | Henderson State University | 20600 | 32700 | 0.3702 | 1,493 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 46 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 47 | University of Miami | 21000 | 70800 | 0.7038 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 48 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 21100 | 27100 | 0.2239 | 12,897 | 1110 | 0.9133 | |
| 49 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 22100 | 36100 | 0.3876 | 4,214 | 1090 | 0.8949 | |
| 50 | Eastern Kentucky University | 23100 | 38000 | 0.3917 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 51 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 23400 | 71600 | 0.6734 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 52 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23500 | 24500 | 0.0407 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 52 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 54 | University at Buffalo | 23900 | 34000 | 0.2971 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 55 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 24000 | 26400 | 0.0902 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 56 | San Diego State University | 24300 | 28100 | 0.1367 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 57 | Lewis University | 24900 | 57400 | 0.5658 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 57 | Tuskegee University | 24900 | 42100 | 0.409 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 59 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25000 | 40700 | 0.3855 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 60 | University of Kansas | 25200 | 42000 | 0.3998 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 61 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25600 | 36500 | 0.2983 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 62 | Westminster University | 25700 | 59500 | 0.5677 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 63 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 25800 | 39000 | 0.3384 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 64 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4744 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 65 | Iowa State University | 26700 | 43300 | 0.3837 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 66 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 26800 | 36700 | 0.2699 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 67 | Morehead State University | 27300 | 32600 | 0.1625 | 8,258 | 1120 | 0.7721 | |
| 68 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 31500 | 0.0953 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 69 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5924 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 70 | Clarkson University | 28800 | 78000 | 0.6309 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 71 | Delaware State University | 29000 | 36700 | 0.21 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 72 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 29100 | 42400 | 0.3138 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 73 | Bridgewater State University | 29300 | 37000 | 0.2077 | 8,172 | 1135 | 0.8919 | |
| 74 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 74 | University of North Dakota | 29900 | 32500 | 0.0825 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 76 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 76 | San Jose State University | 30000 | 41000 | 0.2681 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 78 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30900 | 36900 | 0.1634 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 79 | Hampton University | 32000 | 47000 | 0.3192 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 79 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32000 | 47600 | 0.3276 | 159,653 | 965 | 0.9612 | |
| 81 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 81 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4013 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 83 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 84 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 85 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 36000 | 45500 | 0.2089 | 4,264 | 1130 | 0.7423 | |
| 86 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2811 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 87 | Andrews University | 36400 | 47100 | 0.227 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 88 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36700 | 38900 | 0.0561 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 89 | University of Central Florida | 36800 | 39600 | 0.0707 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 90 | Wichita State University | 37300 | 39600 | 0.058 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 91 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 92 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39000 | 52900 | 0.2626 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 92 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 39000 | 39000 | 0 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 94 | University of California-San Diego | 39600 | 61100 | 0.352 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 95 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42000 | 55100 | 0.2379 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 96 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0689 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 97 | University of Florida | 43200 | 45600 | 0.0526 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 98 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3672 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 99 | Middle Tennessee State University | 45800 | 45800 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 99 | Saint Louis University | 45800 | 74500 | 0.3853 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 101 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott | 46700 | 63800 | 0.2692 | 3,229 | 1258 | 0.7658 | |
| 102 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 47000 | 85700 | 0.4514 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 103 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach | 47400 | 66500 | 0.2883 | 7,886 | 1271 | 0.6481 | |
| 104 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 105 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50600 | 81000 | 0.3751 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 106 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84200 | 0.3956 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 107 | Lynn University | 51500 | 64200 | 0.1979 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 107 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51500 | 56300 | 0.0852 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 109 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 110 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 51800 | 56100 | 0.0764 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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