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2022 Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
269 Degrees Awarded
$13,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 4,312 people earned their degree in general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology, making the major the 171st most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 303 general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 269 general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Dakota. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of North Dakota is a fairly large school located in Grand Forks, North Dakota that handed out 126 bachelors’s general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UND, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $11,092 for plains states region bachelor’s degree general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science & technology students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UND.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UND General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Report

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #2 spot on the list. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large school located in Mankato, Minnesota that handed out 45 bachelors’s general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology degrees in 2019-2020.

Minnesota State Mankato also made our “Best General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Minnesota State Mankato is $11,057 for plains states region bachelor’s degree general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science & technology students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology at Minnesota State Mankato

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UNOMAHA is a fairly large school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 31 bachelors’s general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNOMAHA, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UNOMAHA is $10,490 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology at University of Nebraska at Omaha

#4

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. K -State is a large school located in Manhattan, Kansas that handed out 30 bachelors’s general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology degrees in 2019-2020.

K -State also made our “Best General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend K -State is $14,232 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full K -State General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Report

#5

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis University landed the #5 spot on the list. Saint Louis University is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 31 bachelors’s general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SLU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Saint Louis University is $20,051 for plains states region bachelor’s degree general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science & technology students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology at SLU

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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