Considering a degree in Aerospace?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Aerospace majors who live in California.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Aerospace 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 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4700 | 86800 | 0.9456 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 5 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4800 | 39100 | 0.8782 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 6 | Utah State University | 7900 | 24900 | 0.6836 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 7 | Stanford University | 9400 | 71500 | 0.868 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 8 | University of Notre Dame | 10000 | 86100 | 0.8838 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 9 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10300 | 22900 | 0.5512 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 10 | Elizabeth City State University | 10400 | 15100 | 0.3117 | 2,131 | 940 | 0.6461 | |
| 10 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 10400 | 27200 | 0.6184 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 12 | Southern Utah University | 11500 | 21100 | 0.4542 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 12 | University of California-San Diego | 11500 | 34100 | 0.6617 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 14 | Santa Monica College | 11800 | 20900 | 0.4365 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 15 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12100 | 29900 | 0.5952 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 16 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 12200 | 26300 | 0.5353 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 16 | Fairmont State University | 12200 | 21400 | 0.4304 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 18 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0.0009 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 19 | Indiana State University | 13100 | 25900 | 0.495 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 20 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13900 | 25700 | 0.4586 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 21 | West Virginia University | 14000 | 23300 | 0.3991 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 22 | University of North Texas | 14500 | 25400 | 0.4298 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 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 | California State University-Long Beach | 15700 | 25800 | 0.3918 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 26 | Southeast Missouri State University | 16200 | 30300 | 0.4667 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 27 | Delta State University | 16300 | 23400 | 0.3037 | 1,876 | 1040 | 1 | |
| 27 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5549 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 27 | University of Southern California | 16300 | 71400 | 0.772 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 30 | University of Kansas | 16900 | 34900 | 0.5163 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 31 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 32 | Delaware State University | 18300 | 33100 | 0.4474 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 32 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 18300 | 78300 | 0.7664 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 34 | Florida Memorial University | 18400 | 46100 | 0.601 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 35 | San Jose State University | 18900 | 30000 | 0.3702 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 36 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3401 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 37 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 19100 | 27200 | 0.2981 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 38 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19200 | 31000 | 0.3813 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 39 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19400 | 26900 | 0.2787 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 40 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 38800 | 0.4817 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 40 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20100 | 30600 | 0.3431 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 42 | Western Michigan University | 20200 | 32300 | 0.3747 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 43 | Henderson State University | 20600 | 32700 | 0.3702 | 1,493 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 44 | University of Miami | 21000 | 70800 | 0.7038 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 45 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 21600 | 34400 | 0.372 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 46 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 22100 | 36100 | 0.3876 | 4,214 | 1090 | 0.8949 | |
| 47 | University of Memphis | 22400 | 30000 | 0.2538 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 48 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 22900 | 22900 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 49 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 23400 | 71600 | 0.6734 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 50 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23500 | 24500 | 0.0407 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 50 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 52 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23700 | 28300 | 0.1627 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 53 | San Diego State University | 24300 | 28100 | 0.1367 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 54 | Lewis University | 24900 | 57400 | 0.5658 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 54 | Tuskegee University | 24900 | 42100 | 0.409 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 56 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25000 | 40700 | 0.3855 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 56 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25000 | 25000 | 0 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 58 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 25600 | 34600 | 0.26 | 4,264 | 1130 | 0.7423 | |
| 60 | Westminster University | 25700 | 59500 | 0.5677 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 61 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 25800 | 39000 | 0.3384 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 62 | University of Arizona | 26300 | 37700 | 0.3028 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 63 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4748 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 64 | Iowa State University | 26700 | 43300 | 0.3842 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 65 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 26800 | 36700 | 0.2699 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27000 | 41900 | 0.3555 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 66 | Tennessee State University | 27000 | 39300 | 0.3132 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 68 | Morehead State University | 27300 | 32600 | 0.1625 | 8,258 | 1120 | 0.7721 | |
| 69 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 70 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5926 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 71 | Clarkson University | 28800 | 78000 | 0.6309 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 72 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29100 | 52900 | 0.4501 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 73 | Bridgewater State University | 29300 | 37000 | 0.2076 | 8,172 | 1135 | 0.8919 | |
| 74 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29500 | 38200 | 0.228 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 75 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 29700 | 29700 | 0 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 76 | University of North Dakota | 29800 | 32500 | 0.0831 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 77 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 78 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 79 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30900 | 36900 | 0.1639 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 80 | Hampton University | 32000 | 47000 | 0.3192 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 80 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32000 | 47600 | 0.3276 | 159,653 | 965 | 0.9612 | |
| 82 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 34700 | 0.0691 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 83 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 32600 | 46200 | 0.2946 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 84 | Middle Georgia State University | 32700 | 33100 | 0.0121 | 7,485 | 1045 | 0.9977 | |
| 85 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 85 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 87 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33700 | 35100 | 0.0399 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 88 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 88 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 34000 | 37200 | 0.0861 | 12,897 | 1110 | 0.9133 | |
| 90 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2815 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 91 | Andrews University | 36400 | 47100 | 0.227 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 92 | University of Central Florida | 36800 | 39600 | 0.0707 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 93 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 62000 | 0.4049 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 94 | Wichita State University | 37300 | 39600 | 0.0581 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 95 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 96 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42300 | 52900 | 0.2004 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 97 | University at Buffalo | 42600 | 46800 | 0.0897 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 98 | University of Florida | 43200 | 45600 | 0.0526 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 99 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3675 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 100 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2315 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 101 | Middle Tennessee State University | 45800 | 45800 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 101 | Saint Louis University | 45800 | 74500 | 0.3853 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 103 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott | 46600 | 63800 | 0.2695 | 3,229 | 1258 | 0.7658 | |
| 104 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46900 | 85700 | 0.4525 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 105 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach | 47300 | 66500 | 0.2886 | 7,886 | 1271 | 0.6481 | |
| 106 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 107 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50600 | 81000 | 0.3751 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 108 | Lynn University | 51500 | 64200 | 0.1979 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 109 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 110 | University of California-Davis | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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