2025 Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

If you plan on getting your master's degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #74 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for aerospace & aeronautical engineering students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 91 master's degrees in aerospace & aeronautical engineering to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to aerospace & aeronautical engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of aerospace & aeronautical engineering students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt aerospace & aeronautical engineering students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized aerospace & aeronautical engineering related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for aerospace & aeronautical engineering students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The aerospace engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in Massachusetts

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering.

Top Massachusetts Schools for a Master's in Aerospace Engineering

1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

68 Annual Graduates

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a wonderful choice for students interested in a master's degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering. MIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.More information about a master’s in aerospace & aeronautical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA

23 Annual Graduates

$96,937 Median Starting Salary

Worcester Polytechnic Institute is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering. Located in the city of Worcester, WPI is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

After graduation, aerospace engineering master's recipients usually earn about $96,937 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a master’s in aerospace & aeronautical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded

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Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Aerospace Engineering Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	91

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Computer Engineering	908
Electrical Engineering	613
Mechanical Engineering	455
Other Engineering	364
Systems Engineering	263
General Engineering	242
Robotics Engineering	224
Biomedical Engineering	186
Civil Engineering	175
Engineering Science	114

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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. More about our data sources and methodologies.