2025 Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Schools in Indiana

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 Indiana to determine which ones were the best for aerospace & aeronautical engineering students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 568 degrees in aerospace & aeronautical engineering to qualified students.

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Pick Your Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Degree Level

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 the Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Schools in Indiana. 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 Indiana

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 Indiana Schools in Aerospace Engineering

1

Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

539 Aerospace Engineering Degrees Awarded

21.0% Growth in Graduates

Purdue University - Main Campus is a great option for students pursuing a degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering. Purdue is a very large public university located in the small city of West Lafayette.

After graduating, aerospace engineering degree recipients generally make about $82,482 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering from Purdue University - Main Campus

2

University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

3.4% Growth in Graduates

$81,057 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering has to take a look at University of Notre Dame. Located in the suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Students who receive their degree from the aerospace engineering program earn about $81,057 in their early career salary.

More information about a degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering from University of Notre Dame

Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	322	285
Ohio	314	312
Illinois	304	185

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Rankings in Majors Related to Aerospace Engineering

Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Aerospace Engineering Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	568

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Majors Similar to Aerospace Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	1,348
Electrical Engineering	701
Computer Engineering	533
Civil Engineering	463
Chemical Engineering	400
Industrial Engineering	373
General Engineering	356
Biomedical Engineering	275
Other Engineering	125
Agricultural Engineering	115

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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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