2025 Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Schools
70Colleges in the United States
8,668Aerospace Engineering Degrees Awarded
Ranked #102 in popularity, aerospace & aeronautical engineering is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 70 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of aerospace & aeronautical engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 8,668 degrees in aerospace & aeronautical engineering to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering School
Your choice of aerospace & aeronautical engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Degree Level
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 Schools.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in the United States
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the aerospace engineering degree levels they offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering. Located in the city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means MIT is a great school overall.
There were about 137 aerospace & aeronautical engineering students who graduated with this degree at MIT in the most recent year we have data available.
Johns Hopkins University is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Baltimore. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Johns Hopkins is a great university overall.
There were about 91 aerospace & aeronautical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent year we have data available.
Stanford University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering. Stanford is a large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Stanford. A Best Colleges rank of #10 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Stanford is a great university overall.
There were approximately 83 aerospace & aeronautical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Stanford in the most recent data year.
University of Southern California is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering. USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #13 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 170 aerospace & aeronautical engineering students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #19 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Georgia Tech is a great school overall.
There were approximately 403 aerospace & aeronautical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Georgia Tech in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population. This school ranks 2nd out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were approximately 265 aerospace & aeronautical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Virginia Tech in the most recent data year.
U-M is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were roughly 294 aerospace & aeronautical engineering students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent data year.
Purdue is a very large public university located in the small city of West Lafayette. This university ranks 3rd out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were approximately 539 aerospace & aeronautical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Purdue in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #41 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UIUC is a great university overall.
There were about 168 aerospace & aeronautical engineering students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 129 aerospace & aeronautical engineering students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent year we have data available.
UMCP is a very large public university located in the suburb of College Park. A Best Colleges rank of #37 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UMCP is a great university overall.
There were about 165 aerospace & aeronautical engineering students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 253 aerospace & aeronautical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M College Station in the most recent data year.
RPI is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Troy. This school ranks 6th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 146 aerospace & aeronautical engineering students who graduated with this degree at RPI in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 37 colleges for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were roughly 180 aerospace & aeronautical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Iowa State in the most recent year we have data available.
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Rankings in Majors Related to Aerospace Engineering
One of 2 majors within the Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering area of study, Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.
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).
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Your choice of aerospace & aeronautical engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
