2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 7,582 people earned their degree in aerospace and aeronautical engineering, making the major the 109th most popular in the United States.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 31 aerospace and aeronautical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality aerospace and aeronautical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the aerospace and aeronautical engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree aerospace engineering students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering (With Aid)

#1

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide

Daytona Beach, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$20,333 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Daytona Beach, Florida, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 31 degrees to qualified associates’s aerospace engineering students in 2019-2020.

Embry-Riddle Worldwide not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide is $20,333 for associate degree aerospace engineering students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 4.7% 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 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide

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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