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2022 Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

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 Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the aerospace and aeronautical engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. 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 Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree aerospace engineering students with aid.

Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. West Lafayette, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s aerospace engineering degrees to 112 students in 2019-2020.

Purdue did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue University - Main Campus 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 #2 on our 2022 Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 35 masters’s aerospace engineering degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree aerospace engineering students with aid list, UIUC has also earned the #4 rank 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 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U-M, the school also landed the #1 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 Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Columbus, Ohio, and it awarded 16 masters’s aerospace engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Ohio State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State University - Main Campus are $37,141, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

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 #5 for the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Notre Dame is a fairly large school located in Notre Dame, Indiana that handed out 12 masters’s aerospace engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Notre Dame also took the #2 spot in our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Notre Dame are $57,522, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Notre Dame Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Report

#6

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan

Western Michigan 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 Getting Aid ranking. WMU is a fairly large school located in Kalamazoo, Michigan that handed out 2 masters’s aerospace engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

WMU also made our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at WMU are $31,355, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, this large public school awarded 34 degrees to qualified masters’s aerospace engineering 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 University of Cincinnati - Main Campus are $26,644, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#8

University of Dayton

Dayton, Ohio
#8 in overall quality

University of Dayton did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #8. UDayton is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Dayton, Ohio. It awarded 16 masters’s aerospace engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree aerospace engineering students with aid list, UDayton has also earned the #8 rank 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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#5 in overall quality

Case Western Reserve University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid 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.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree aerospace engineering students with aid list, Case Western has also earned the #5 rank 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 Case Western Reserve University are $47,958.

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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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