2024 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.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Schools in Illinois ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 185 degrees in aerospace & aeronautical engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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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

154 Aerospace Engineering Degrees Awarded

9.7% Growth in Graduates

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

Degree recipients from the aerospace & aeronautical engineering major at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign get $5,042 more than the average college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

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

31 Aerospace Engineering Degrees Awarded

16.1% Growth in Graduates

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

Students who graduate with their degree from the aerospace engineering program report average early career wages of $59,921.

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	185

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Majors Similar to Aerospace Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	1,183
Electrical Engineering	1,029
Civil Engineering	816
Computer Engineering	742
Chemical Engineering	442
General Engineering	427
Industrial Engineering	408
Biomedical Engineering	369
Materials Engineering	203
Other Engineering	140

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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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