2024 Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
8Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
876Aerospace 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.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for aerospace & aeronautical engineering students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 876 degrees in aerospace & aeronautical engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering School
The aerospace engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering rankings. 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.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Rankings by 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 in the Middle Atlantic Region.
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 Middle Atlantic Region
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.
Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Aerospace Engineering
University of Maryland - College Park is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering. Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #42 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UMCP is a great university overall.
There were about 187 aerospace & aeronautical engineering students who graduated with this degree at UMCP in the most recent year we have data available.
Johns Hopkins University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering. Located in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Johns Hopkins is a great university overall.
There were approximately 52 aerospace & aeronautical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering needs to check out Cornell University. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were approximately 25 aerospace & aeronautical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent data year.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering. Located in the city of Troy, RPI is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population. This school ranks 9th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 138 aerospace & aeronautical engineering students who graduated with this degree at RPI in the most recent year we have data available.
University at Buffalo is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Buffalo. This university ranks 23rd out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 126 aerospace & aeronautical engineering students who graduated with this degree at University at Buffalo in the most recent data year.
Clarkson is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Potsdam. This university ranks 25th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 30 aerospace & aeronautical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Clarkson in the most recent data year.
Located in the small city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #98 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Rutgers New Brunswick is a great university overall.
There were roughly 58 aerospace & aeronautical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers New Brunswick in the most recent data year.
Located in the midsize city of Syracuse, Syracuse is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 12th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 31 aerospace & aeronautical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Syracuse in the most recent data year.
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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The aerospace engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering rankings. 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.
