2025 Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Schools in Illinois

If you plan on majoring in aerospace & aeronautical engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #94 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for aerospace & aeronautical engineering students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 196 degrees in aerospace & aeronautical engineering annually.

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• Best Overall Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Schools List

Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Rankings by Degree Level

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Schools in Illinois list, to help you choose the best school for you. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in Illinois

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the aerospace engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Illinois Schools in Aerospace Engineering

1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

168 Aerospace Engineering Degrees Awarded

8.3% Growth in Graduates

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering. UIUC is a very large public university located in the city of Champaign.

Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering degree recipients from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign receive an earnings boost of about $2,559 above the average income of aerospace & aeronautical engineering graduates.

More information about a degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2

Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

$63,169 Median Starting Salary

Illinois Institute of Technology is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering. Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Soon after graduation, aerospace engineering degree recipients generally earn about $63,169 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology

Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	322	285
Ohio	314	312
Indiana	294	454

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Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Aerospace Engineering Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	196

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Majors Similar to Aerospace Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	1,248
Electrical Engineering	815
Civil Engineering	707
Computer Engineering	639
Chemical Engineering	449
General Engineering	435
Biomedical Engineering	409
Industrial Engineering	365
Materials Engineering	214
Agricultural Engineering	142

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
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