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2022 Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

9 Ranked Colleges
331 Degrees Awarded
$36,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s in the Great Lakes 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 Great Lakes region, there were 1,163 aerospace and aeronautical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,775 and $24,680 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 331 aerospace and aeronautical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in aerospace and aeronautical engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent aerospace and aeronautical engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the aerospace and aeronautical engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree aerospace engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Ann Arbor, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s aerospace engineering degrees to 71 students in 2019-2020.

U-M also made our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548.

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#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Purdue University - Main Campus is a large school located in West Lafayette, Indiana that handed out 112 masters’s aerospace engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Purdue, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue are $28,794, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Champaign, Illinois, this large public school awarded 35 degrees to qualified masters’s aerospace engineering students in 2019-2020.

UIUC also took the #4 spot in our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083.

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#4

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, Indiana
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Notre Dame. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Notre Dame, Indiana, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified masters’s aerospace engineering students in 2019-2020.

Notre Dame also made our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Notre Dame are $57,522, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Ohio State is located in Columbus, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 masters’s aerospace engineering degrees to qualified students.

Ohio State also made our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #6. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State are $37,141.

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#5 in overall quality

Case Western Reserve University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Case Western is located in Cleveland, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 masters’s aerospace engineering degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Case Western, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Case Western Reserve University are $47,958, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Cincinnati, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s aerospace engineering degrees to 34 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC are $26,644, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#8

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan

Western Michigan University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. WMU is a fairly large public school situated in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It awarded 2 masters’s aerospace engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WMU, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Michigan University are $31,355, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#9

University of Dayton

Dayton, Ohio
#8 in overall quality

University of Dayton ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UDayton is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dayton, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 16 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UDayton, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Dayton are $17,780, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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