2025 Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Schools in Kansas

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 Kansas 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 132 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 Kansas 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 Kansas

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 Kansas Schools in Aerospace Engineering

1

University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

54 Aerospace Engineering Degrees Awarded

$71,244 Median Starting Salary

University of Kansas is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering. Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public university with a fairly large student population.

After graduating, aerospace engineering degree recipients usually earn around $71,244 in their early careers.

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2

Wichita State University
Wichita, KS

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

78 Aerospace Engineering Degrees Awarded

$61,526 Median Starting Salary

Wichita State University is a good option for students interested in a degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering. Located in the large city of Wichita, WSU is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Graduates who receive their degree from the aerospace engineering program earn about $61,526 in the first couple years of working.

More information about a degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering from Wichita State University

Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	284	110
Missouri	283	142
Iowa	264	181

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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	132

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Majors Similar to Aerospace Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	430
Industrial Engineering	178
Civil Engineering	149
Chemical Engineering	116
Electrical Engineering	91
Biomedical Engineering	81
Architectural Engineering	80
Computer Engineering	62
Electrical and Computer Engineering.	42
Agricultural Engineering	35

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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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