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2022 Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
542 Degrees Awarded
$15,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering is the 101st most popular major in the country with 7,582 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, aerospace and aeronautical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $65,466 and had an average of $23,943 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 693 aerospace and aeronautical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,440 and $25,730 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 542 aerospace and aeronautical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in aerospace and aeronautical engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great aerospace and aeronautical engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the aerospace and aeronautical engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #1 spot on the list. UMCP is a large school located in College Park, Maryland that handed out 145 bachelors’s aerospace engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMCP, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Maryland - College Park is $8,054 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree aerospace engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at University of Maryland - College Park

#2

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, this large public school handed out 55 degrees to qualified bachelors’s aerospace engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Rutgers New Brunswick, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $13,545 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree aerospace engineering students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Rutgers New Brunswick Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Report

#3

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University at Buffalo. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Buffalo, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s aerospace engineering degrees to 101 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree aerospace engineering students whose families make $0-$30k list, University at Buffalo has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University at Buffalo is $12,605 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree aerospace engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Full University at Buffalo Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Report

#4

Clarkson University

Potsdam, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clarkson University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Clarkson is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Potsdam, New York. It awarded 34 bachelors’s aerospace engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Clarkson also made our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Clarkson University is $19,209 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Aerospace Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at Clarkson

#5

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Syracuse University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Syracuse, New York, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 27 degrees to qualified bachelors’s aerospace engineering students in 2019-2020.

Syracuse not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Syracuse is $17,164 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree aerospace engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Syracuse University Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Report

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. RPI is located in Troy, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 101 bachelors’s aerospace engineering degrees to qualified students.

RPI also made our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is $22,662 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree aerospace engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full RPI Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Report

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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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