by our College Data Analytics TeamFor its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for aerospace & aeronautical engineering students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 97 doctor's degrees in aerospace & aeronautical engineering to qualified students.
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Your choice of aerospace & aeronautical engineering for getting your doctor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for aerospace & aeronautical engineering students working on their doctor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering.
It is hard to beat Purdue University - Main Campus if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering. Purdue is a fairly large public university located in the small city of West Lafayette.More information about a doctorate in aerospace & aeronautical engineering from Purdue University - Main Campus
Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering has to take a look at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. U-M is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.More information about a doctorate in aerospace & aeronautical engineering from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering has to look into University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in aerospace & aeronautical engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering | 97 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Electrical Engineering | 393 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 377 |
| Chemical Engineering | 222 |
| Civil Engineering | 170 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 160 |
| Materials Engineering | 146 |
| Computer Engineering | 114 |
| Industrial Engineering | 94 |
| General Engineering | 59 |
| Nuclear Engineering | 53 |
