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

6 Ranked Colleges
78 Degrees Awarded
$30,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master's in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Plains States 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 Plains States region, there were 546 aerospace and aeronautical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,140 and $24,572 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 78 aerospace and aeronautical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer 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.

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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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 “Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Rolla, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s aerospace engineering degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

Missouri University of Science and Technology did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Missouri University of Science and Technology are $30,943, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school awarded 13 degrees to qualified masters’s aerospace engineering students in 2019-2020.

Iowa State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State University are $25,948.

Read more about Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at Iowa State

#3

Wichita State University

Wichita, Kansas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wichita State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Wichita State University is a fairly large public school situated in Wichita, Kansas. It awarded 24 masters’s aerospace engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

WSU also made our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #5. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Wichita State University are $15,112.

Read full report on Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at Wichita State University

#4

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s aerospace engineering degrees to qualified students.

UMN Twin Cities also made our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities are $28,845, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at UMN Twin Cities

#5

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Lawrence, Kansas, and it awarded 7 masters’s aerospace engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree aerospace engineering students with aid list, KU has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Kansas are $25,007.

Full KU Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Report

#6

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

Washington University in St Louis did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 21 masters’s aerospace engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

WUSTL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at WUSTL are $56,562, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full WUSTL 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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