2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in Illinois

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in aerospace and aeronautical engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #78 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2022, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in Illinois ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 121 bachelor's degrees in aerospace and aeronautical engineering to qualified students.

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Most Popular Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in Illinois

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in aerospace and aeronautical engineering.

Most Well Attended Schools for Aerospace Engineering Students Working on Their Bachelor's

1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

95 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in aerospace and aeronautical engineering. UIUC is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Champaign. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in aerospace and aeronautical engineering in Illinois.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the aerospace engineering program report average early career earnings of $66,200.

More information about a bachelor’s in aerospace and aeronautical engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2

Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL

26 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In IL

$21,500 Median Student Debt

Illinois Institute of Technology is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in aerospace and aeronautical engineering. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for bachelor's degrees in aerospace and aeronautical engineering in Illinois. More information about a bachelor’s in aerospace and aeronautical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology

Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	255	150
Ohio	246	177
Indiana	227	186

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Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 40 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	121

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	861
Electrical Engineering	554
Computer Engineering	535
Civil Engineering	402
Chemical Engineering	311
Industrial Engineering	241
Biomedical Engineering	222
Agricultural Engineering	108
Materials Engineering	106
General Engineering	96

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Ian3055. More about our data sources and methodologies.