2025 Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois

Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #80 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 165 bachelor's degrees in aerospace & aeronautical engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on aerospace & aeronautical engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of aerospace & aeronautical engineering students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• 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 bachelor's degree.

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When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in Illinois

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering.

Top Illinois Schools for a Bachelor's in Aerospace Engineering

1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

137 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in aerospace & aeronautical engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2

Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL

28 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering has to take a look at Illinois Institute of Technology. Located in the city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in aerospace & aeronautical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology

Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	629	146
Ohio	612	199
Indiana	535	276

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Rankings in Majors Related to Aerospace Engineering

Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering is one of 2 different types of Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering programs to choose from.

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).
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