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2023 Best Value Aeronautical Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$32,571 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$70,086 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.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Plains States 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Colleges.

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Aeronautical Engineering

$18,165 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Wichita State University the best value school in the Plains States Region for aerospace and aeronautical engineering students. Located in the large city of Wichita, WSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WSU are $18,165 per year.

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The excellent programs at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best aerospace and aeronautical engineering schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public college with a very large student population.

UMN Twin Cities undergraduate students pay an average of $33,818 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UMN Twin Cities also is in the top 20% of our Best Aeronautical Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Aeronautical Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region list. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Rolla.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Missouri University of Science and Technology are $31,099 per year.

Missouri University of Science and Technology excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Aeronautical Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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#4

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS
$28,034 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Aeronautical Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

KU undergraduate students pay an average of $28,034 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent programs at Iowa State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best aerospace and aeronautical engineering schools in the Plains States Region . Iowa State is a very large public school located in the small city of Ames.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Iowa State are $25,446 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Iowa State is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Aeronautical Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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Washington University in St Louis landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value aerospace and aeronautical engineering programs. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at WUSTL are $58,866 a year.

WUSTL not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Aeronautical Engineering Schools in the Plains States Region list.

Full Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at Washington University in St Louis Report

Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best aerospace and aeronautical engineering colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 43
Minnesota 34
Iowa 21
Kansas 27

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 6 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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