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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 Ana College | 4500 | 23100 | 0.8046 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4600 | 40700 | 0.886 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 6 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Utah State University | 8200 | 25200 | 0.6743 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 8 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8900 | 90000 | 0.9016 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 9 | Southern Utah University | 10000 | 22200 | 0.5506 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 10 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38200 | 0.7339 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 11 | University of Notre Dame | 10300 | 86200 | 0.881 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 12 | Indiana State University | 10900 | 25900 | 0.5801 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 13 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 11000 | 26000 | 0.5786 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 14 | University of California-San Diego | 11200 | 39700 | 0.718 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 15 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11500 | 22900 | 0.4987 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11600 | 26900 | 0.5682 | 21,118 | 980 | 0.9992 | |
| 17 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12000 | 28000 | 0.571 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 17 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 12000 | 38800 | 0.6912 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 19 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12500 | 26500 | 0.5277 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 20 | Delta State University | 13900 | 23200 | 0.4015 | 1,876 | 1040 | 1 | |
| 21 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4513 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 22 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 14800 | 22400 | 0.3388 | 4,213 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 23 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 15000 | 26900 | 0.442 | 2,476 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 24 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 91300 | 0.835 | 6,528 | 1475 | 0.3654 | |
| 24 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.6031 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 26 | University of Southern California | 15300 | 71400 | 0.786 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 27 | University of North Texas | 15400 | 26100 | 0.4106 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 27 | Western Michigan University | 15400 | 32500 | 0.5268 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 29 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 30 | Tennessee State University | 16200 | 31000 | 0.4775 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7011 | |
| 31 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 31 | University of Florida | 16300 | 22500 | 0.2755 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 33 | West Virginia University | 16600 | 40900 | 0.5939 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 34 | Morehead State University | 16800 | 28000 | 0.3998 | 8,258 | 1140 | 0.7721 | |
| 35 | Delaware State University | 17500 | 42200 | 0.5847 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 36 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17600 | 29900 | 0.4136 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 37 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 38 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 40800 | 0.5349 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 39 | Elizabeth City State University | 19200 | 23600 | 0.1867 | 2,154 | 1005 | 0.6422 | |
| 39 | Southeast Missouri State University | 19200 | 30600 | 0.3714 | 7,926 | 945 | 0.7352 | |
| 39 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19200 | 31900 | 0.3987 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 42 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 19300 | 30400 | 0.3648 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 43 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19400 | 38000 | 0.4896 | 19,586 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 44 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 19800 | 30500 | 0.3506 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 45 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.1896 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 46 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20500 | 23200 | 0.1164 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 46 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 20500 | 27800 | 0.2622 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 48 | University of Memphis | 20600 | 29600 | 0.3044 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 49 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 50 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 51 | The University of Alabama | 22400 | 31000 | 0.2772 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 52 | Florida Memorial University | 22900 | 42000 | 0.4542 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 53 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23200 | 34500 | 0.3279 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 54 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23400 | 34400 | 0.3197 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 55 | University of Kansas | 23800 | 43000 | 0.4459 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 56 | Lewis University | 23900 | 57700 | 0.5856 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7129 | |
| 57 | Clarkson University | 25700 | 78000 | 0.6707 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 58 | Tuskegee University | 26200 | 42100 | 0.3781 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26300 | 41500 | 0.366 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 60 | Iowa State University | 26600 | 43300 | 0.3859 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 60 | Kansas State University | 26600 | 30400 | 0.1261 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 62 | Henderson State University | 26900 | 27200 | 0.011 | 1,461 | 990 | 0.8192 | |
| 63 | University of Arizona | 27200 | 37700 | 0.2789 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 64 | Middle Georgia State University | 27300 | 33400 | 0.1826 | 7,692 | 1065 | 0.9968 | |
| 64 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6713 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 66 | Fairmont State University | 27600 | 32200 | 0.1429 | 3,088 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 67 | William Jessup University | 27800 | 51700 | 0.4615 | 1,317 | 1140 | 0.9333 | |
| 68 | Wichita State University | 27900 | 39800 | 0.3007 | 13,313 | 1073 | 0.9395 | |
| 69 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.1323 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 70 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28400 | 32300 | 0.1207 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 71 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5933 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 72 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 28600 | 42400 | 0.3258 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 73 | Bridgewater State University | 28700 | 35500 | 0.1924 | 8,270 | 1180 | 0.8781 | |
| 74 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 34000 | 0.1354 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 75 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 29700 | 29700 | 0 | 9,853 | 990 | 0.6652 | |
| 76 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 77 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 30300 | 41200 | 0.2649 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 78 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30800 | 36900 | 0.166 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 79 | San Diego State University | 30900 | 36100 | 0.144 | 35,782 | 1208 | 0.3619 | |
| 80 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 80 | Siena Heights University | 31000 | 46300 | 0.3303 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 80 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0824 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 83 | Hampton University | 31100 | 54800 | 0.4325 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 84 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 85 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.1068 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 86 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 32600 | 45300 | 0.2806 | 4,526 | 0 | 0 | |
| 88 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4031 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 89 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 90 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33500 | 36100 | 0.072 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 91 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 92 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 34000 | 37200 | 0.0881 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 93 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 34200 | 75200 | 0.5454 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 94 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34300 | 44300 | 0.2256 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 95 | Andrews University | 35000 | 70100 | 0.5008 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 96 | Averett University | 35300 | 57200 | 0.3831 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 97 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36700 | 38900 | 0.0586 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 98 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66300 | 0.4436 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 99 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 100 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 39800 | 53600 | 0.2576 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 101 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41100 | 46000 | 0.1065 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 102 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68600 | 0.3686 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 103 | University at Buffalo | 43800 | 46700 | 0.0621 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 104 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46000 | 86300 | 0.4668 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 105 | Saint Louis University | 46200 | 80900 | 0.4287 | 10,413 | 1305 | 0.7504 | |
| 106 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott | 46600 | 63800 | 0.2706 | 3,229 | 1258 | 0.7658 | |
| 107 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2122 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 108 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach | 47300 | 66500 | 0.2897 | 10,629 | 1268 | 0.6481 | |
| 109 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 59400 | 0.1633 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 110 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 111 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50500 | 83600 | 0.3958 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 112 | Lynn University | 51500 | 66000 | 0.2197 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 113 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1291 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 114 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 115 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61100 | 63200 | 0.0332 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.