Considering a degree in Aerospace?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Aerospace majors who live in Illinois.
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 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 | 8200 | 90000 | 0.9093 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 4 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 5 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9800 | 20400 | 0.5201 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 6 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 10600 | 26000 | 0.5929 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 7 | University of Notre Dame | 10800 | 86200 | 0.8752 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 8 | Indiana State University | 11400 | 25900 | 0.5607 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 9 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11500 | 29100 | 0.6053 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 10 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11700 | 26900 | 0.5645 | 22,223 | 975 | 0.9994 | |
| 11 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11800 | 22900 | 0.4856 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 12 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 12000 | 38800 | 0.6912 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 13 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12500 | 28100 | 0.5551 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 14 | University of Arizona | 12900 | 30900 | 0.5835 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 15 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 13600 | 34600 | 0.6076 | 8,945 | 1099 | 0.975 | |
| 16 | Fairmont State University | 13800 | 21400 | 0.3556 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 17 | Delta State University | 14000 | 23200 | 0.3971 | 1,876 | 1040 | 1 | |
| 18 | Northern Illinois University | 14300 | 28800 | 0.5048 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 19 | Case Western Reserve University | 14700 | 91300 | 0.8394 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 20 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71700 | 0.794 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 21 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 15000 | 22400 | 0.3299 | 4,056 | 1090 | 0.4151 | |
| 22 | Western Michigan University | 15300 | 26500 | 0.423 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 23 | Middle Georgia State University | 15600 | 20700 | 0.246 | 7,692 | 1065 | 0.9968 | |
| 24 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15800 | 38500 | 0.5888 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 25 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 26 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16100 | 23400 | 0.3124 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 27 | Tennessee State University | 16200 | 39200 | 0.5862 | 4,221 | 990 | 0.8463 | |
| 28 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28000 | 0.4111 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 28 | West Virginia University | 16500 | 40900 | 0.5963 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 30 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17200 | 23200 | 0.2586 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 31 | University of Memphis | 17500 | 26400 | 0.3378 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 32 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 33 | Bridgewater State University | 18000 | 25400 | 0.291 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 33 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18000 | 39000 | 0.538 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 35 | Angelo State University | 18300 | 23100 | 0.207 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 35 | University of California-Berkeley | 18300 | 43500 | 0.5798 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 37 | Delaware State University | 18700 | 42200 | 0.5563 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 38 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19300 | 29900 | 0.3536 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 39 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19700 | 38000 | 0.4816 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 39 | Wichita State University | 19700 | 29800 | 0.3384 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 41 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 19800 | 30500 | 0.3506 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 42 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.1788 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 43 | University of Southern California | 20000 | 75900 | 0.7369 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 44 | San Diego State University | 20100 | 28900 | 0.3046 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 44 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45200 | 0.5559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 46 | Carroll University | 20300 | 61600 | 0.6708 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 47 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20400 | 23200 | 0.1207 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 48 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 49 | Henderson State University | 21400 | 30600 | 0.3002 | 1,461 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 50 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 21700 | 26400 | 0.1768 | 9,965 | 1095 | 1 | |
| 51 | Austin Peay State University | 21800 | 37500 | 0.4183 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 52 | South Dakota State University | 21900 | 25200 | 0.1303 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 53 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 22300 | 69800 | 0.6809 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 54 | San Jose State University | 22900 | 41100 | 0.4429 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 55 | Florida Memorial University | 23100 | 42000 | 0.4495 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 56 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3478 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 57 | University of Kansas | 24200 | 37600 | 0.3582 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 57 | Walsh University | 24200 | 46400 | 0.4787 | 1,523 | 1159 | 0.7074 | |
| 59 | Elizabeth City State University | 24300 | 28500 | 0.1473 | 2,252 | 916 | 0.8671 | |
| 60 | Lewis University | 25100 | 57700 | 0.5649 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 61 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25700 | 28000 | 0.0815 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 61 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 25700 | 39700 | 0.3527 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 63 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25900 | 28600 | 0.0973 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 64 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26300 | 36800 | 0.2855 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 64 | Tuskegee University | 26300 | 42100 | 0.3757 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 66 | Clarkson University | 26400 | 78000 | 0.6617 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 66 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4754 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 68 | Morehead State University | 26800 | 32600 | 0.1778 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 69 | Kansas State University | 27000 | 31400 | 0.1412 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 70 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6641 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 71 | University of North Texas | 28400 | 37400 | 0.2405 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 72 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5933 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 73 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 32300 | 0.1145 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 74 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 28900 | 42400 | 0.3187 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 75 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29000 | 34000 | 0.1472 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 76 | Southern Utah University | 29900 | 40800 | 0.2673 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 77 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30500 | 39200 | 0.2222 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 78 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 79 | Siena Heights University | 31000 | 46300 | 0.3305 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 79 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0825 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 81 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 81 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1676 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 83 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31500 | 41200 | 0.2357 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 84 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 85 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 86 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4032 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 87 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 88 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 33800 | 41000 | 0.1744 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 89 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.2949 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 89 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 34200 | 41600 | 0.1779 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 91 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 34300 | 45300 | 0.243 | 4,526 | 1130 | 1 | |
| 92 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34700 | 44300 | 0.2166 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 93 | Averett University | 35400 | 57200 | 0.3813 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 94 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 35900 | 47500 | 0.2444 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 95 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3602 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 96 | Andrews University | 37200 | 70100 | 0.4694 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 97 | LeTourneau University | 38400 | 54800 | 0.2995 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 98 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2674 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 99 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 100 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 101 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 40800 | 53600 | 0.2389 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 102 | Pacific Union College | 41000 | 52800 | 0.2233 | 968 | 1070 | 0.473 | |
| 103 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43000 | 53600 | 0.1979 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 104 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 105 | University at Buffalo | 43300 | 46700 | 0.0728 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 106 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43500 | 68700 | 0.3678 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 107 | William Jessup University | 45800 | 54900 | 0.1658 | 1,317 | 1140 | 0.9333 | |
| 108 | University of California-San Diego | 45900 | 77200 | 0.4055 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 109 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86300 | 0.4644 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 110 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott | 46600 | 63800 | 0.2707 | 3,229 | 1258 | 0.7658 | |
| 111 | University of Colorado Boulder | 47000 | 57700 | 0.1843 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 112 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach | 47300 | 66500 | 0.2898 | 7,886 | 1271 | 0.6481 | |
| 113 | Saint Louis University | 48600 | 80900 | 0.399 | 9,331 | 1250 | 0.7499 | |
| 114 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50300 | 83600 | 0.3982 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 115 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.141 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 116 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 117 | Lynn University | 51800 | 66000 | 0.2151 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 118 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 119 | The University of Alabama | 55700 | 58500 | 0.0478 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 120 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 55900 | 63800 | 0.1237 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 121 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 122 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 123 | University of California-Davis | 68400 | 69800 | 0.0201 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 124 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75600 | 0.0476 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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