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2023 Best Value Aeronautical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$39,225 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$71,742 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering School for You

Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering is the #86 most popular major in the country with 2,375 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Aeronautical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 9 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for aerospace engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for aerospace engineering majors pursuing a .

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Aeronautical Engineering

#1

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH

Our 2023 rankings named University of Dayton the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for aerospace and aeronautical engineering students. UDayton is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Dayton.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UDayton are $44,890 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UDayton is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Aeronautical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

The excellent programs at Purdue University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best aerospace and aeronautical engineering schools in the Great Lakes Region . Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

Purdue undergraduate students pay an average of $28,794 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Purdue also is in the top 10% of our Best Aeronautical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a great value for aerospace and aeronautical engineering students. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UIUC are $37,632 a year.

UIUC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Aeronautical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

Full Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Report

$27,111 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a great value for aerospace and aeronautical engineering students. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UC are $27,111 a year.

Full Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus Report

$16,768 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Western Michigan University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best aerospace and aeronautical engineering schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WMU are $16,768 per year.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Aeronautical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. U-M is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at U-M are $55,097 per year.

U-M also claimed a spot on our Best Aeronautical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

Full Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Report

Ohio State University - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Aeronautical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio State is a very large public school located in the large city of Columbus.

Ohio State undergraduate students pay an average of $35,019 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at Ohio State University - Main Campus Report

With a ranking of #8, Case Western Reserve University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for aerospace and aeronautical engineering students. Located in the city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Case Western are $54,532 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Case Western is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Aeronautical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

Full Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University Report

#9

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

University of Notre Dame ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Aeronautical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Notre Dame is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Notre Dame.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Notre Dame are $58,843 a year.

Notre Dame also made our Best Aeronautical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #3.

Full Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at University of Notre Dame Report

Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best aerospace and aeronautical engineering colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 139
Illinois 49
Ohio 115
Indiana 178

One of 39 majors within the area of study, aerospace and aeronautical engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Ian3055.

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