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 | 4,114 | 1335 | 0.1409 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,474 | 1305 | 0.0927 | |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4000 | 93300 | 0.9568 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 4 | California State University-Los Angeles | 5300 | 69100 | 0.9237 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 5 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 7000 | 41500 | 0.8323 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 6 | University of Notre Dame | 7600 | 89100 | 0.9146 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 7 | Morehead State University | 8200 | 26300 | 0.6877 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 8 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9400 | 41400 | 0.7736 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 9 | Indiana State University | 10000 | 32400 | 0.6916 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 9 | University of Central Florida | 10000 | 31900 | 0.6867 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 11 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 10200 | 41300 | 0.7533 | 8,945 | 1099 | 0.975 | |
| 12 | Fairmont State University | 10500 | 21600 | 0.513 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 12 | Southern Utah University | 10500 | 51400 | 0.7957 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 14 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 10700 | 25900 | 0.5874 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 15 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10800 | 28000 | 0.6137 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 16 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 11100 | 28100 | 0.6048 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 17 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11200 | 33800 | 0.6688 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 18 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 11900 | 39000 | 0.6941 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 19 | University of Illinois Chicago | 12200 | 30200 | 0.5964 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 20 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 21 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12900 | 62800 | 0.7944 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 22 | Delta State University | 13000 | 23200 | 0.4403 | 1,876 | 1040 | 1 | |
| 22 | Middle Georgia State University | 13000 | 55000 | 0.7631 | 7,692 | 1065 | 0.9968 | |
| 24 | Lewis University | 13400 | 57700 | 0.7675 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 24 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13400 | 40800 | 0.6718 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 26 | Bridgewater State University | 14000 | 28800 | 0.515 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 27 | University of Arizona | 14100 | 32100 | 0.5606 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 28 | University of Memphis | 14300 | 29100 | 0.5088 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 28 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 14300 | 26300 | 0.4559 | 4,056 | 1090 | 0.4151 | |
| 30 | Western Michigan University | 14400 | 28900 | 0.5022 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 31 | Case Western Reserve University | 14600 | 92800 | 0.8423 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 32 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 14700 | 30100 | 0.5123 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 32 | West Virginia University | 14700 | 73100 | 0.7986 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 34 | University of California-Irvine | 14900 | 40400 | 0.6309 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 35 | Austin Peay State University | 15900 | 31600 | 0.4976 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 35 | Kansas State University | 15900 | 26400 | 0.3953 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 37 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 16000 | 39600 | 0.5952 | 22,223 | 975 | 0.9994 | |
| 38 | Stanford University | 16100 | 1932300 | 0.9917 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 39 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16300 | 23400 | 0.3038 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 40 | Tennessee State University | 16500 | 55800 | 0.7044 | 4,221 | 990 | 0.8463 | |
| 41 | University of Miami | 16700 | 96300 | 0.8267 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 42 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17200 | 29000 | 0.4071 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 43 | University of Kentucky | 17500 | 37300 | 0.5317 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 44 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 47900 | 0.6257 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 45 | The University of Texas at Austin | 18100 | 28200 | 0.3585 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 46 | San Jose State University | 18200 | 41100 | 0.5567 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 47 | San Diego State University | 18500 | 28900 | 0.3599 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 48 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19200 | 29900 | 0.3573 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 49 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 19400 | 74500 | 0.7398 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 50 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20000 | 45100 | 0.5568 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 51 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20300 | 39800 | 0.4894 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 52 | Syracuse University | 20400 | 83600 | 0.756 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 53 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 54 | Iowa State University | 21300 | 25700 | 0.1728 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 55 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 21600 | 26400 | 0.181 | 9,965 | 1095 | 1 | |
| 56 | South Dakota State University | 21800 | 25200 | 0.1346 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 57 | Utah State University | 22000 | 39000 | 0.4358 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 58 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 59 | The University of Alabama | 22600 | 33400 | 0.3232 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 60 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 23100 | 36100 | 0.3598 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 61 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 51000 | 0.5446 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 62 | University of North Texas | 23800 | 37400 | 0.3634 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 63 | Walsh University | 24200 | 46400 | 0.4784 | 1,523 | 1159 | 0.7074 | |
| 64 | Elizabeth City State University | 24300 | 28500 | 0.1473 | 2,252 | 916 | 0.8671 | |
| 65 | University at Buffalo | 24900 | 34000 | 0.2677 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 66 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25000 | 36900 | 0.3228 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 25000 | 45500 | 0.4508 | 4,526 | 1130 | 1 | |
| 68 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25600 | 28000 | 0.0854 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 69 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25700 | 28600 | 0.1011 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 69 | University of North Dakota | 25700 | 28600 | 0.1014 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 71 | Henderson State University | 26100 | 30600 | 0.1469 | 1,461 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 72 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4766 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 73 | University of Kansas | 26500 | 37600 | 0.2974 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 74 | University of Hartford | 28400 | 70100 | 0.5943 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 75 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 36400 | 0.2144 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 76 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 34200 | 0.1402 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 77 | University of Southern California | 29700 | 98300 | 0.698 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 78 | Delaware State University | 29900 | 62600 | 0.5223 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 79 | Mississippi State University | 30000 | 34400 | 0.1276 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 80 | California State University-Long Beach | 30600 | 38800 | 0.2113 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 81 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30700 | 36900 | 0.1691 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 82 | Siena Heights University | 30900 | 46300 | 0.3328 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 83 | Kent State University at Kent | 31100 | 37500 | 0.1706 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 84 | Carroll University | 31300 | 63900 | 0.5105 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 85 | Angelo State University | 31500 | 35400 | 0.1101 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 86 | Hampton University | 31700 | 54800 | 0.4215 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 86 | Tuskegee University | 31700 | 45600 | 0.3049 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 88 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.275 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 88 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 90 | North Carolina State University | 32600 | 54800 | 0.4052 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 90 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 32600 | 41600 | 0.2163 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 92 | Wichita State University | 33200 | 42200 | 0.2134 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 93 | Charleston Southern University | 34100 | 48400 | 0.2971 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 94 | Averett University | 34700 | 57600 | 0.3977 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 95 | Auburn University | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 95 | Southern New Hampshire University | 35300 | 64600 | 0.4536 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 97 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36200 | 54400 | 0.3346 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 98 | Andrews University | 37200 | 76700 | 0.5148 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 99 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 100 | Saint Louis University | 42400 | 84300 | 0.4968 | 9,331 | 1250 | 0.7499 | |
| 101 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42900 | 58600 | 0.2679 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 102 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.0569 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 103 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 88100 | 0.5098 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 104 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68700 | 0.3694 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 105 | LeTourneau University | 44600 | 57300 | 0.2215 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 106 | Pacific Union College | 44800 | 55700 | 0.1955 | 968 | 1070 | 0.473 | |
| 107 | William Jessup University | 45700 | 56700 | 0.1939 | 1,317 | 1140 | 0.9333 | |
| 108 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott | 46500 | 63800 | 0.2724 | 3,229 | 1258 | 0.7658 | |
| 109 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach | 47200 | 66500 | 0.2915 | 7,886 | 1271 | 0.6481 | |
| 109 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 47200 | 57200 | 0.1748 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 111 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 47800 | 47800 | 0 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 112 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49400 | 58800 | 0.1599 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 113 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 49900 | 64700 | 0.2288 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 114 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50300 | 85400 | 0.4112 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 115 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 116 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 51100 | 86300 | 0.4079 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 117 | Lynn University | 51700 | 71600 | 0.2779 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 117 | University of California-Berkeley | 51700 | 76600 | 0.3249 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 119 | Clarkson University | 54100 | 91700 | 0.41 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 120 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55400 | 70900 | 0.2186 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 121 | University of California-San Diego | 55700 | 79600 | 0.3001 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 122 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63700 | 0.0848 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 123 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 58700 | 62300 | 0.0578 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 124 | University of California-Davis | 68300 | 69900 | 0.0229 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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