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2023 Most Popular Aeronautical Engineering Schools

67 Colleges
$70,535 Avg Salary
$24,126 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 2,375 people earned a degree or certificate in aerospace and aeronautical engineering, making the major the #86 most popular in the United States.

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Aeronautical Engineering Schools ranking. This report analyzed 67 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Colleges.

Our analysis found University of Colorado Boulder to be the most popular school for aerospace and aeronautical engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Located in the medium-sized city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public college with a very large student population.

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#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Out of the 67 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. Purdue is a very large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Naval Postgraduate School is a great place for aerospace and aeronautical engineering students. Located in the suburb of Monterey, Naval Postgraduate School is a public college with a small student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a great place for aerospace and aeronautical engineering students. U-M is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.

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Out of the 67 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of Southern California ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Aeronautical Engineering Schools list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#7

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Stanford University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Aeronautical Engineering Schools ranking. Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular aerospace and aeronautical engineering programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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Southeastern Oklahoma State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular aerospace and aeronautical engineering programs. Located in the distant town of Durant, Southeastern Oklahoma State University is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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University of Washington - Seattle Campus ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Aeronautical Engineering Schools list. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a very large student population.

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Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Aeronautical Engineering Schools award.

Rank College Location
11 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach Daytona Beach, FL
12 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD
13 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
13 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA

Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering by Region

View the Most Popular Aeronautical Engineering Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 25 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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