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Considering a degree in Aerospace, Aeronautical, And Astronautical Space Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Aerospace, Aeronautical, And Astronautical Space Engineering majors who live in California.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Aerospace, Aeronautical, And Astronautical Space Engineering degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of California.
Note: Net price is the actual cost of college paid after factoring in financial aid.The net prices displayed in these rankings are College Raptor's estimates.
“Typical” middle class family values used in the Net Price estimates on this page are:
| Rank | Institution | Typical Net Price | Sticker Price | % Savings | Undergraduates | Est. Median SAT | Acceptance Rate | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Air Force Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,124 | 1344 | 0.1393 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,465 | 1314 | 0.0936 | |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4700 | 86800 | 0.9456 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 4 | Utah State University | 7900 | 24900 | 0.6836 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 5 | Stanford University | 9400 | 71500 | 0.868 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 6 | University of Notre Dame | 10000 | 86100 | 0.8838 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 7 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10300 | 22900 | 0.5512 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 8 | Santa Monica College | 11800 | 20900 | 0.4365 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 9 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12100 | 29900 | 0.5952 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 9 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12100 | 30700 | 0.6055 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 9 | University of Central Florida | 12100 | 23600 | 0.4873 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 12 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 12200 | 26300 | 0.5353 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 13 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0.0009 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 14 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14200 | 26500 | 0.463 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 15 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 14500 | 29300 | 0.5047 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 15 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 14500 | 22700 | 0.3607 | 4,214 | 1090 | 0.8949 | |
| 17 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14700 | 28000 | 0.4747 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 18 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 80400 | 0.8117 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 18 | Elizabeth City State University | 15100 | 21000 | 0.2806 | 2,131 | 940 | 0.6461 | |
| 20 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3744 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 21 | California State University-Long Beach | 15700 | 25800 | 0.3918 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 21 | University of Arizona | 15700 | 30900 | 0.4927 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 23 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | Middle Tennessee State University | 16100 | 23200 | 0.3057 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 25 | Southeast Missouri State University | 16200 | 30300 | 0.4667 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 26 | Delta State University | 16300 | 23400 | 0.3037 | 1,876 | 1040 | 1 | |
| 26 | University of Southern California | 16300 | 71400 | 0.772 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 28 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4223 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 29 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 30 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 18300 | 78300 | 0.7664 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 31 | Florida Memorial University | 18400 | 46100 | 0.601 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 32 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3401 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 33 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 19100 | 27200 | 0.2981 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 34 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19600 | 36200 | 0.4588 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 35 | Western Michigan University | 20200 | 32300 | 0.3747 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 36 | West Virginia University | 20400 | 28800 | 0.2919 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 37 | Bridgewater State University | 20600 | 28700 | 0.2827 | 8,172 | 1135 | 0.8919 | |
| 37 | Henderson State University | 20600 | 32700 | 0.3702 | 1,493 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 39 | University of Miami | 21000 | 70800 | 0.7038 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 40 | University of Memphis | 22400 | 30000 | 0.2538 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 41 | The University of Alabama | 23200 | 29900 | 0.2244 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 42 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23300 | 33600 | 0.3067 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 43 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 23400 | 71600 | 0.6734 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 44 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23500 | 24500 | 0.0407 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 44 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 46 | Lewis University | 24900 | 57400 | 0.5658 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 46 | Tuskegee University | 24900 | 42100 | 0.409 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 48 | University of Kansas | 25200 | 42000 | 0.4002 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 49 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 50 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25600 | 36500 | 0.2983 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 51 | Westminster University | 25700 | 59500 | 0.5677 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 52 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 25800 | 39000 | 0.3384 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 53 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4748 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 53 | Indiana State University | 26400 | 30900 | 0.1458 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 55 | Iowa State University | 26700 | 43300 | 0.3842 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 56 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 26800 | 36700 | 0.2699 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 57 | Tennessee State University | 27000 | 39300 | 0.3132 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 58 | Fairmont State University | 27100 | 32000 | 0.1533 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 59 | Southern Utah University | 27200 | 35600 | 0.2357 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 59 | University of North Texas | 27200 | 37400 | 0.2729 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 61 | Morehead State University | 27300 | 32600 | 0.1625 | 8,258 | 1120 | 0.7721 | |
| 62 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 63 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 31500 | 0.0953 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 63 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5926 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 65 | Clarkson University | 28800 | 78000 | 0.6309 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 66 | Delaware State University | 29000 | 36700 | 0.21 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 67 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29100 | 52900 | 0.4501 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 68 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 29700 | 29700 | 0 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 69 | University of North Dakota | 29800 | 32500 | 0.0831 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 70 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 71 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 71 | San Jose State University | 30000 | 41000 | 0.2681 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 73 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30900 | 36900 | 0.1639 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 74 | Hampton University | 32000 | 47000 | 0.3192 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 74 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32000 | 47600 | 0.3276 | 159,653 | 965 | 0.9612 | |
| 76 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 34700 | 0.0691 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 77 | Middle Georgia State University | 32700 | 33100 | 0.0121 | 7,485 | 1045 | 0.9977 | |
| 78 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 79 | San Diego State University | 33500 | 40500 | 0.1729 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 80 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 80 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 34000 | 37200 | 0.0861 | 12,897 | 1110 | 0.9133 | |
| 82 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 36000 | 45500 | 0.2089 | 4,264 | 1130 | 0.7423 | |
| 83 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2815 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 84 | Andrews University | 36400 | 47100 | 0.227 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 85 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 62000 | 0.4049 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 86 | Wichita State University | 37300 | 39600 | 0.0581 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 87 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 39000 | 39000 | 0 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 88 | University of California-San Diego | 39600 | 61100 | 0.352 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 88 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 39600 | 56700 | 0.3017 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 90 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 68600 | 0.4116 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 91 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41700 | 52100 | 0.1996 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 92 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42000 | 55100 | 0.2379 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 93 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42300 | 52900 | 0.2004 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 94 | University at Buffalo | 42600 | 46800 | 0.0897 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 95 | University of Florida | 43200 | 45600 | 0.0526 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 96 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3675 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 97 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2315 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 98 | Saint Louis University | 45800 | 74500 | 0.3853 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 99 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott | 46600 | 63800 | 0.2695 | 3,229 | 1258 | 0.7658 | |
| 100 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46900 | 85700 | 0.4525 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 101 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach | 47300 | 66500 | 0.2886 | 7,886 | 1271 | 0.6481 | |
| 102 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50600 | 81000 | 0.3751 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 103 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84200 | 0.3956 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 104 | Lynn University | 51500 | 64200 | 0.1979 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 104 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51500 | 56300 | 0.0852 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 106 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 107 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 51900 | 56100 | 0.075 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 108 | University of California-Irvine | 52200 | 64800 | 0.1944 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 109 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 110 | University of California-Davis | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.