2024 Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Schools in Michigan

A degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #94 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Michigan to determine which ones were the best for aerospace & aeronautical engineering students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 285 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 Michigan. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in Michigan

The schools below may not offer all types of aerospace engineering degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Michigan Schools in Aerospace Engineering

1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

264 Aerospace Engineering Degrees Awarded

16.3% Growth in Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering needs to check out University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. U-M is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.

Degree recipients from the aerospace & aeronautical engineering degree program at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor make $6,668 more than the average graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.

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2

Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

$59,143 Median Starting Salary

$29,656 Median Student Debt

Western Michigan University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering. Located in the small city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Graduates who receive their degree from the aerospace engineering program make around $59,143 in their early career salary.

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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
Ohio	314	312
Illinois	304	185
Indiana	294	454

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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	285

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Most Popular Majors Related to Aerospace Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	2,498
Electrical Engineering	1,147
Computer Engineering	632
Industrial Engineering	579
Chemical Engineering	523
General Engineering	472
Civil Engineering	443
Biomedical Engineering	425
Electrical and Computer Engineering.	336
Materials Engineering	183

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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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More about our data sources and methodologies.