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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 | 4,114 | 1335 | 0.1409 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,474 | 1305 | 0.0927 | |
| 3 | Stanford University | 3500 | 71800 | 0.9517 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 4 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8900 | 90000 | 0.9016 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 6 | Southern Utah University | 10000 | 22200 | 0.5506 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 7 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38200 | 0.7339 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 8 | University of Notre Dame | 10300 | 86200 | 0.881 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 9 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 11000 | 26000 | 0.5786 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 9 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 11000 | 25700 | 0.5713 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 11 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11600 | 26900 | 0.5682 | 21,118 | 980 | 0.9992 | |
| 12 | University of Central Florida | 11700 | 25300 | 0.5369 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 13 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 12100 | 38800 | 0.6887 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 14 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 15 | Delta State University | 13900 | 23200 | 0.4015 | 1,876 | 1040 | 1 | |
| 16 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4478 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 17 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14900 | 31000 | 0.5189 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 17 | Western Michigan University | 14900 | 26500 | 0.4381 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 19 | Case Western Reserve University | 15200 | 91300 | 0.8339 | 6,528 | 1475 | 0.3654 | |
| 20 | University of Southern California | 15300 | 71400 | 0.786 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 21 | Middle Georgia State University | 15400 | 20700 | 0.2556 | 7,692 | 1065 | 0.9968 | |
| 21 | University of North Texas | 15400 | 26100 | 0.4106 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 23 | University of Kansas | 15700 | 34900 | 0.5492 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 24 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 15800 | 23400 | 0.3252 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 25 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | Tennessee State University | 16200 | 31000 | 0.4775 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7011 | |
| 26 | West Virginia University | 16200 | 40900 | 0.6036 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 28 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 29 | California State University-Long Beach | 16400 | 25800 | 0.3645 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 30 | Morehead State University | 16900 | 28000 | 0.3962 | 8,258 | 1140 | 0.7721 | |
| 31 | University of Memphis | 17200 | 26400 | 0.3491 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 32 | Delaware State University | 17600 | 42200 | 0.5823 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 32 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17600 | 29900 | 0.4126 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 34 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 35 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 18700 | 34100 | 0.4522 | 4,213 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 36 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 40800 | 0.5349 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 37 | Southeast Missouri State University | 19200 | 30600 | 0.3722 | 7,926 | 945 | 0.7352 | |
| 38 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 19300 | 30400 | 0.3648 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 38 | University of Arizona | 19300 | 30900 | 0.376 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 40 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19400 | 38000 | 0.4896 | 19,586 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 41 | Wichita State University | 19500 | 29800 | 0.3473 | 13,313 | 1073 | 0.9395 | |
| 42 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 19900 | 30500 | 0.3473 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 43 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1732 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 44 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 45 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20600 | 23200 | 0.1121 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 45 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1844 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 47 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 48 | The University of Alabama | 22400 | 31000 | 0.2772 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 49 | Florida Memorial University | 22900 | 42000 | 0.4542 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 50 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23400 | 34500 | 0.3221 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 50 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23400 | 34400 | 0.3197 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 52 | Indiana State University | 23500 | 32400 | 0.2748 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 53 | Lewis University | 24000 | 57700 | 0.5838 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7129 | |
| 53 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 24000 | 26400 | 0.0902 | 9,853 | 990 | 0.6652 | |
| 55 | Elizabeth City State University | 24200 | 28500 | 0.1508 | 2,154 | 1005 | 0.6422 | |
| 56 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25100 | 38400 | 0.3467 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 57 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 25200 | 39700 | 0.3653 | 2,476 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 58 | Clarkson University | 25700 | 78000 | 0.6707 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 59 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25900 | 28000 | 0.0767 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 59 | University of North Dakota | 25900 | 28600 | 0.0928 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 61 | Tuskegee University | 26200 | 42100 | 0.3781 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 62 | Kansas State University | 26600 | 30400 | 0.1256 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 63 | Henderson State University | 26900 | 27200 | 0.011 | 1,461 | 990 | 0.8192 | |
| 64 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 65 | William Jessup University | 27800 | 51700 | 0.4615 | 1,317 | 1140 | 0.9333 | |
| 66 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 67 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5921 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 67 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 28600 | 42400 | 0.3258 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 69 | Bridgewater State University | 28700 | 35500 | 0.1923 | 8,270 | 1180 | 0.8781 | |
| 70 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 34000 | 0.1354 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 71 | Fairmont State University | 29500 | 32200 | 0.0839 | 3,088 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 72 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 72 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30000 | 39200 | 0.235 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 74 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 30300 | 41200 | 0.2649 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 75 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30900 | 36900 | 0.1624 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 75 | San Diego State University | 30900 | 36100 | 0.144 | 35,782 | 1208 | 0.3619 | |
| 77 | Hampton University | 31100 | 54800 | 0.4325 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 77 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3275 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 79 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 80 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1031 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 81 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.1214 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 82 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 32600 | 45300 | 0.2806 | 4,526 | 0 | 0 | |
| 84 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4007 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 85 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 86 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33500 | 36100 | 0.072 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 87 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 88 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 89 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 34200 | 75200 | 0.5454 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 90 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34300 | 44300 | 0.2256 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 91 | Andrews University | 35000 | 70100 | 0.5008 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 92 | Averett University | 35300 | 57200 | 0.3831 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 93 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2804 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 94 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0552 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 95 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41100 | 46000 | 0.1065 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 96 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42600 | 53600 | 0.2054 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 97 | University of Florida | 43200 | 45700 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 98 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43600 | 68700 | 0.3659 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 99 | University at Buffalo | 43800 | 46700 | 0.0621 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 100 | University of California-San Diego | 45300 | 76000 | 0.4039 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 101 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46000 | 86300 | 0.4668 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 102 | Saint Louis University | 46300 | 80900 | 0.4275 | 10,413 | 1305 | 0.7504 | |
| 103 | University of Colorado Boulder | 46400 | 57700 | 0.1953 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 104 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott | 46700 | 63800 | 0.2686 | 3,229 | 1258 | 0.7658 | |
| 105 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2117 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 106 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach | 47400 | 66500 | 0.2878 | 10,629 | 1268 | 0.6481 | |
| 107 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 108 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 59400 | 0.1617 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 108 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 110 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50600 | 83600 | 0.3946 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 111 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84700 | 0.3991 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 112 | Lynn University | 51700 | 66000 | 0.2166 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 113 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 114 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61100 | 63200 | 0.0332 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 115 | University of California-Irvine | 68900 | 75600 | 0.0886 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.