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.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 168 master's degrees in aerospace & aeronautical engineering to qualified students.
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 full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for aerospace & aeronautical engineering students working on their master's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in the Rocky Mountains Region
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering.
Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for a Master's in Aerospace Engineering
University of Colorado Boulder is a great decision for students pursuing a master's degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering. Located in the city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Students who graduate with their master's from the aerospace engineering program report average early career earnings of $96,904.
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).
