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 Illinois.
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 Illinois.
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 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 37800 | 0.732 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 4 | University of Notre Dame | 10100 | 86100 | 0.8826 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 6 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11100 | 27200 | 0.5927 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 7 | Tennessee State University | 11800 | 30300 | 0.6101 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 8 | Northern Illinois University | 12300 | 29000 | 0.5739 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 9 | Utah State University | 13000 | 30000 | 0.5659 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 10 | The University of Texas at Austin | 13200 | 30700 | 0.5697 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 11 | Indiana State University | 13600 | 25900 | 0.4757 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 12 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 14500 | 41100 | 0.6478 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
| 12 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 14500 | 22700 | 0.3607 | 4,214 | 1090 | 0.8949 | |
| 14 | Case Western Reserve University | 14700 | 80400 | 0.8167 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 15 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71300 | 0.792 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 16 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15300 | 28100 | 0.4555 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 17 | Elizabeth City State University | 15600 | 21000 | 0.2568 | 2,131 | 940 | 0.6461 | |
| 18 | Delta State University | 16500 | 23400 | 0.2951 | 1,876 | 1040 | 1 | |
| 19 | Southeast Missouri State University | 16600 | 30300 | 0.4531 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 19 | University of Southern California | 16600 | 76000 | 0.7815 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 21 | Morehead State University | 17300 | 28000 | 0.3824 | 8,258 | 1120 | 0.7721 | |
| 22 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 28100 | 0.3632 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 23 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 18400 | 78300 | 0.7651 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 24 | Florida Memorial University | 18600 | 46100 | 0.5966 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 25 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 31400 | 0.395 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 26 | University of Memphis | 19100 | 26400 | 0.277 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 27 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19800 | 31000 | 0.3613 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 28 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 38800 | 0.4812 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 29 | Western Michigan University | 20600 | 31200 | 0.3394 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 30 | West Virginia University | 20700 | 28800 | 0.2815 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 31 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 32 | University of Miami | 21100 | 70800 | 0.7023 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 33 | South Dakota State University | 22000 | 25200 | 0.1263 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 34 | Lewis University | 22600 | 57000 | 0.6037 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 35 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 22900 | 22900 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 36 | Henderson State University | 23200 | 35900 | 0.3542 | 1,493 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 37 | The University of Alabama | 23400 | 29900 | 0.2177 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 38 | Eastern Kentucky University | 23500 | 38000 | 0.3811 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 38 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 40 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23700 | 28300 | 0.1627 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 41 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23800 | 24500 | 0.0285 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 42 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 23900 | 71600 | 0.6664 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 43 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 24000 | 26400 | 0.0902 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 44 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25000 | 36600 | 0.3173 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 44 | Tuskegee University | 25000 | 42100 | 0.4066 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 44 | University of North Dakota | 25000 | 27700 | 0.0971 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 47 | University of Kansas | 25600 | 37600 | 0.321 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 48 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25800 | 36500 | 0.2928 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 49 | Iowa State University | 26100 | 42800 | 0.3889 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 49 | Westminster University | 26100 | 59500 | 0.561 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 51 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 26300 | 39000 | 0.3255 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 52 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4744 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 52 | University of Arizona | 26500 | 35200 | 0.247 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 54 | Fairmont State University | 27400 | 32000 | 0.1439 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 54 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 54 | Southern Utah University | 27400 | 35600 | 0.2301 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 57 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 27600 | 27600 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 57 | University of North Texas | 27600 | 37400 | 0.2622 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 59 | California State University-Long Beach | 28000 | 38400 | 0.2712 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 60 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1294 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 61 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 31500 | 0.0921 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 61 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5924 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 63 | Clarkson University | 28700 | 78000 | 0.6322 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 64 | Delaware State University | 29300 | 36700 | 0.2018 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 65 | Bridgewater State University | 29500 | 37000 | 0.2018 | 8,172 | 1135 | 0.8919 | |
| 66 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29700 | 38200 | 0.2227 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 67 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29900 | 52900 | 0.435 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 68 | San Jose State University | 30300 | 41000 | 0.2608 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 69 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 30900 | 42400 | 0.2713 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 70 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31300 | 41100 | 0.2387 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 71 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 32200 | 39200 | 0.1788 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 72 | Hampton University | 32300 | 47000 | 0.3128 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 73 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32400 | 47600 | 0.3192 | 159,653 | 965 | 0.9612 | |
| 74 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 74 | Middle Georgia State University | 32800 | 33100 | 0.0091 | 7,485 | 1045 | 0.9977 | |
| 74 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4013 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 77 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 78 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 34100 | 37200 | 0.0855 | 12,897 | 1110 | 0.9133 | |
| 79 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 35700 | 42400 | 0.158 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 80 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36100 | 56300 | 0.3584 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 81 | Andrews University | 36400 | 47100 | 0.227 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 81 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 36400 | 45500 | 0.2001 | 4,264 | 1130 | 0.7423 | |
| 83 | University of Central Florida | 36700 | 39600 | 0.0733 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 83 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36700 | 38900 | 0.0561 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 85 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37400 | 62000 | 0.3968 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 86 | Wichita State University | 37600 | 39600 | 0.0504 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 87 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 88 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38900 | 52900 | 0.2645 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 89 | San Diego State University | 40100 | 40500 | 0.0099 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 90 | University of California-San Diego | 40300 | 61100 | 0.3405 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 91 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 68600 | 0.4116 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 92 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42500 | 52100 | 0.1843 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 93 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42600 | 55100 | 0.227 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 93 | University at Buffalo | 42600 | 46800 | 0.0897 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 95 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0689 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 96 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3672 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 97 | University of Florida | 43500 | 45600 | 0.046 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 98 | Middle Tennessee State University | 45800 | 45800 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 99 | Saint Louis University | 46000 | 74500 | 0.3826 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 100 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott | 46700 | 63800 | 0.2692 | 3,229 | 1258 | 0.7658 | |
| 101 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 47200 | 85700 | 0.449 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 102 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach | 47400 | 66500 | 0.2883 | 7,886 | 1271 | 0.6481 | |
| 103 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50400 | 81000 | 0.3776 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 104 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84200 | 0.3956 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 105 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51300 | 56300 | 0.0887 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 106 | Lynn University | 51500 | 64200 | 0.1979 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 107 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 108 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1275 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 109 | University of California-Irvine | 55000 | 64800 | 0.1512 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 110 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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