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 | 1302 | 0.0936 | |
| 3 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5000 | 40700 | 0.8762 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8200 | 90000 | 0.9093 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 5 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9500 | 36900 | 0.7427 | 3,207 | 1060 | 0.8034 | |
| 6 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38500 | 0.7358 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 7 | University of Notre Dame | 10600 | 86200 | 0.8775 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 8 | University of California-San Diego | 11300 | 39700 | 0.7152 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 9 | Tennessee State University | 11400 | 48200 | 0.7627 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 10 | Utah State University | 11500 | 28500 | 0.5964 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 11 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11800 | 48200 | 0.7556 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 11 | Wichita State University | 11800 | 29800 | 0.6025 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 13 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 12200 | 26100 | 0.532 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 13 | Indiana State University | 12200 | 25900 | 0.5298 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 15 | Southern Utah University | 12400 | 44000 | 0.7177 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 16 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 17 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 12700 | 34600 | 0.6336 | 8,975 | 1065 | 0.9721 | |
| 18 | West Virginia University | 12800 | 57700 | 0.778 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 19 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 54500 | 0.7577 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 19 | Northern Illinois University | 13200 | 29000 | 0.5439 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 21 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13600 | 27600 | 0.508 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 22 | Delta State University | 14000 | 23200 | 0.3971 | 1,876 | 1040 | 1 | |
| 22 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 14000 | 26000 | 0.4613 | 4,214 | 1090 | 0.8949 | |
| 24 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14300 | 28100 | 0.4911 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 25 | Southeast Missouri State University | 14500 | 28200 | 0.4869 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 26 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 27 | Case Western Reserve University | 14800 | 83100 | 0.8217 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 28 | University of North Texas | 15000 | 25700 | 0.4169 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 29 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 15300 | 45200 | 0.6609 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 30 | Bridgewater State University | 15400 | 25800 | 0.4045 | 8,172 | 1135 | 0.8919 | |
| 31 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15700 | 46800 | 0.665 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 32 | University of Memphis | 15800 | 26400 | 0.4023 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 33 | Delaware State University | 16100 | 46500 | 0.6539 | 4,941 | 985 | 0.6167 | |
| 34 | Middle Georgia State University | 16300 | 16300 | 0 | 7,485 | 1045 | 0.9977 | |
| 35 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16500 | 23200 | 0.2888 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 36 | Lewis University | 16600 | 57700 | 0.7121 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 37 | North Carolina State University | 16700 | 28500 | 0.4135 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 38 | Morehead State University | 17300 | 28000 | 0.3819 | 8,258 | 1140 | 0.7721 | |
| 39 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 40 | University of Colorado Boulder | 18300 | 30600 | 0.4019 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 41 | University of Arizona | 18500 | 30900 | 0.4019 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 42 | Florida Memorial University | 18600 | 44900 | 0.5858 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 43 | Angelo State University | 18700 | 23100 | 0.1927 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 44 | Eastern Kentucky University | 19000 | 34400 | 0.4471 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 45 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19400 | 27600 | 0.2966 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 46 | Western Michigan University | 19500 | 31200 | 0.3747 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 47 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 19700 | 75200 | 0.7382 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 48 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19800 | 78700 | 0.7485 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 49 | California State University-Los Angeles | 20000 | 59200 | 0.6626 | 19,354 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 49 | University of Southern California | 20000 | 75800 | 0.7365 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 51 | Iowa State University | 20200 | 24200 | 0.1652 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 52 | Henderson State University | 20400 | 37500 | 0.4564 | 1,493 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 53 | South Dakota State University | 20800 | 25200 | 0.1767 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 54 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 55 | Averett University | 22100 | 57200 | 0.614 | 1,180 | 1070 | 0.478 | |
| 56 | San Jose State University | 22200 | 41100 | 0.46 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 57 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23300 | 36800 | 0.367 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 58 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23500 | 35000 | 0.3286 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 59 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23800 | 26300 | 0.0952 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 60 | Elizabeth City State University | 24000 | 28500 | 0.1578 | 2,131 | 940 | 0.6461 | |
| 61 | University of Kansas | 25300 | 39900 | 0.3652 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 25900 | 34600 | 0.2514 | 4,264 | 1130 | 0.7423 | |
| 63 | Tuskegee University | 26400 | 42100 | 0.3733 | 2,400 | 1113 | 0.3143 | |
| 64 | Fairmont State University | 27600 | 32200 | 0.1429 | 3,060 | 975 | 0.9924 | |
| 65 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 66 | Clarkson University | 28200 | 78000 | 0.6386 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 67 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28700 | 33400 | 0.1407 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 67 | University of Hartford | 28700 | 70100 | 0.5903 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 69 | Kansas State University | 29200 | 31400 | 0.0716 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 70 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 71 | University of North Dakota | 30100 | 32500 | 0.0754 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 72 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30600 | 62800 | 0.5124 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 73 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 74 | Siena Heights University | 31300 | 46300 | 0.3233 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 75 | Liberty University | 31900 | 44300 | 0.2799 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 76 | Hampton University | 32300 | 62400 | 0.482 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 77 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32900 | 52800 | 0.377 | 2,615 | 965 | 0.8443 | |
| 78 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 34100 | 58500 | 0.418 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 79 | LeTourneau University | 34200 | 54800 | 0.3762 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 80 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 34300 | 37200 | 0.0793 | 12,897 | 1160 | 0.9133 | |
| 81 | San Diego State University | 35400 | 36100 | 0.0194 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 82 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35700 | 42800 | 0.1649 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 83 | Andrews University | 35800 | 62100 | 0.4235 | 1,312 | 1196 | 0.874 | |
| 84 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36400 | 56300 | 0.3543 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 85 | Mississippi State University | 36500 | 50500 | 0.2765 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 86 | California State University-Long Beach | 37400 | 38600 | 0.0311 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 86 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37400 | 66500 | 0.4373 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 88 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2716 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 89 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 90 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 91 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 92 | University of Florida | 43300 | 45600 | 0.0504 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 93 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43400 | 53700 | 0.1917 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 94 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43600 | 68600 | 0.3639 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 95 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44100 | 57100 | 0.2271 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 96 | Saint Louis University | 44800 | 80900 | 0.446 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 97 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 98 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86200 | 0.4651 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 99 | William Jessup University | 46400 | 56700 | 0.1816 | 1,056 | 1178 | 0.7682 | |
| 100 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 101 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott | 46900 | 63800 | 0.2656 | 3,229 | 1258 | 0.7658 | |
| 102 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach | 47600 | 66500 | 0.2848 | 7,886 | 1271 | 0.6481 | |
| 103 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48300 | 60000 | 0.1949 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 104 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48800 | 51200 | 0.0479 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 104 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 106 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50800 | 82600 | 0.3851 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 107 | Lynn University | 51700 | 66000 | 0.2166 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 108 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 109 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53500 | 61000 | 0.1238 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 110 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54200 | 56100 | 0.0348 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 111 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 112 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 66100 | 0.121 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 113 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 114 | Auburn University | 58700 | 58700 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 115 | University of California-Irvine | 72900 | 74700 | 0.0241 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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