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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

9 Ranked Colleges
804 Degrees Awarded
$12,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering is the 109th most popular major in the country with 7,582 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,010 aerospace and aeronautical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 804 aerospace and aeronautical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in aerospace and aeronautical engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great aerospace and aeronautical engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the aerospace and aeronautical engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree aerospace engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 9 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Texas A&M College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 140 bachelors’s aerospace engineering degrees to qualified students.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #2 spot in our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M University - College Station is $11,454 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Aerospace Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Texas A&M College Station Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Report

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school handed out 168 degrees to qualified bachelors’s aerospace engineering students in 2019-2020.

UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UT Austin is $12,203 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Aerospace Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, this large public school awarded 82 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s aerospace engineering students in 2019-2020.

OSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend OSU is $8,669 for southwest region bachelor’s degree aerospace engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at OSU

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. ASU - Tempe is a public institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 88 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe also made our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for Arizona State University - Tempe is $7,044 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Aerospace Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Arizona State University - Tempe Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Report

#5

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 36 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also made our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #8. The yearly cost to attend University of Arizona is $10,562 for southwest region bachelor’s degree aerospace engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at University of Arizona

#9 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s aerospace engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus also took the #9 spot in our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $6,896 for southwest region bachelor’s degree aerospace engineering students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

Read more about Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

#7 in overall quality

The University of Texas at Arlington landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Arlington, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s aerospace engineering degrees to 64 students in 2019-2020.

UT Arlington not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $11,811 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Aerospace Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UT Arlington.

Read more about Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at UT Arlington

#4 in overall quality

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a public institution located in Norman, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma also made our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is $16,675 for southwest region bachelor’s degree aerospace engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #9, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Prescott, Arizona is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s aerospace engineering degrees to 150 students in 2019-2020.

Embry-Riddle Prescott not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $31,082 for southwest region bachelor’s degree aerospace engineering students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Embry-Riddle Prescott.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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