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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 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3600 | 93300 | 0.9613 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 3 | Stanford University | 3600 | 1932100 | 0.9982 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 5 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | California State University-Los Angeles | 4900 | 69100 | 0.9295 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 7 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | University of Notre Dame | 7200 | 89100 | 0.919 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 9 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9000 | 41400 | 0.7832 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 10 | Indiana State University | 9600 | 25900 | 0.6303 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 11 | University of Central Florida | 10000 | 31700 | 0.6853 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 12 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38700 | 0.7372 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 13 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 10500 | 26000 | 0.5978 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 14 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10600 | 22900 | 0.5381 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 14 | Southern Utah University | 10600 | 51400 | 0.7937 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 16 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11100 | 33800 | 0.6718 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 17 | University of California-San Diego | 11200 | 41600 | 0.7315 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 18 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 11800 | 29300 | 0.5973 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 19 | Delta State University | 12600 | 23200 | 0.4576 | 1,876 | 1040 | 1 | |
| 19 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12600 | 26500 | 0.5239 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 21 | Middle Georgia State University | 12700 | 55000 | 0.7685 | 7,692 | 1065 | 0.9968 | |
| 22 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13000 | 40800 | 0.6816 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 23 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 24 | University of Memphis | 14000 | 29100 | 0.5191 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 25 | Bridgewater State University | 14200 | 37300 | 0.6193 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 26 | West Virginia University | 14600 | 73100 | 0.8 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 27 | University of California-Irvine | 14800 | 40400 | 0.6342 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 27 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 14800 | 26300 | 0.4369 | 4,056 | 1090 | 0.4151 | |
| 29 | Case Western Reserve University | 14900 | 92800 | 0.8391 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 30 | University of Southern California | 15200 | 71400 | 0.7874 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 31 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 15300 | 30100 | 0.4923 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 32 | Tennessee State University | 15600 | 55800 | 0.7206 | 4,221 | 990 | 0.8463 | |
| 32 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 15600 | 38700 | 0.5962 | 22,223 | 975 | 0.9994 | |
| 34 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 15900 | 41200 | 0.6148 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 35 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16100 | 23400 | 0.3124 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 36 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 37 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16600 | 28100 | 0.4099 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 38 | Middle Tennessee State University | 16900 | 29000 | 0.4175 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 39 | California State University-Long Beach | 17000 | 25800 | 0.3413 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 40 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 41 | The University of Texas at Austin | 17500 | 28100 | 0.3768 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 42 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17600 | 29900 | 0.4131 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 43 | Austin Peay State University | 17800 | 31600 | 0.4374 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 44 | San Jose State University | 18000 | 41200 | 0.5618 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 45 | Fairmont State University | 18400 | 30900 | 0.4045 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 46 | Delaware State University | 18600 | 62600 | 0.7028 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 47 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19800 | 40600 | 0.5134 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 48 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 19900 | 45100 | 0.559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 49 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20000 | 35200 | 0.4314 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 50 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 51 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2287 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 52 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 21400 | 26400 | 0.1875 | 9,965 | 1095 | 1 | |
| 52 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 21400 | 80400 | 0.7335 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 54 | University of Kansas | 21500 | 44400 | 0.5154 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 55 | San Diego State University | 21700 | 28900 | 0.2503 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 56 | The University of Alabama | 22300 | 33400 | 0.3322 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 57 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 58 | Florida Memorial University | 23100 | 51000 | 0.5466 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 59 | University of North Texas | 23500 | 37400 | 0.3714 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 60 | Elizabeth City State University | 23700 | 28500 | 0.1684 | 2,252 | 916 | 0.8671 | |
| 60 | Walsh University | 23700 | 46400 | 0.4889 | 1,523 | 1159 | 0.7074 | |
| 62 | Lewis University | 24500 | 59800 | 0.5902 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 24500 | 45500 | 0.4618 | 4,526 | 1130 | 1 | |
| 64 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24600 | 36800 | 0.3317 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 64 | University at Buffalo | 24600 | 34000 | 0.2765 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 66 | Wichita State University | 25000 | 30600 | 0.1821 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 67 | South Dakota State University | 25100 | 28700 | 0.1242 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 68 | University of North Dakota | 25500 | 28600 | 0.1073 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 69 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25600 | 28600 | 0.107 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 70 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25800 | 28000 | 0.0784 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 71 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 25900 | 40600 | 0.362 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 72 | William Jessup University | 26100 | 51900 | 0.4964 | 1,317 | 1140 | 0.9333 | |
| 73 | Geneva College | 26300 | 50300 | 0.478 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 74 | Henderson State University | 26500 | 27200 | 0.0258 | 1,461 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 75 | Clarkson University | 27600 | 78000 | 0.6463 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 76 | University of Hartford | 28300 | 70100 | 0.5959 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 77 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 45200 | 0.3663 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 78 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 34200 | 0.149 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 79 | Morehead State University | 29300 | 31600 | 0.0728 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 80 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30500 | 36900 | 0.1737 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 81 | Siena Heights University | 30700 | 46300 | 0.3365 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 82 | Kent State University at Kent | 30900 | 37500 | 0.1751 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 83 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 84 | Angelo State University | 31300 | 35400 | 0.1149 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 85 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 85 | Tuskegee University | 31500 | 45600 | 0.3093 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 87 | Carroll University | 32100 | 63900 | 0.4979 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 87 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 32100 | 41600 | 0.2283 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 89 | North Carolina State University | 32400 | 54800 | 0.4083 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 89 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 89 | Pacific Union College | 32400 | 54900 | 0.4092 | 968 | 1070 | 0.473 | |
| 92 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 93 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33200 | 75200 | 0.5587 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 94 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33400 | 38200 | 0.1273 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 95 | Charleston Southern University | 33900 | 48400 | 0.3007 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 96 | Averett University | 34400 | 57600 | 0.4029 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 97 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34900 | 64600 | 0.4598 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 98 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35000 | 37600 | 0.0683 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 99 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36000 | 54000 | 0.3334 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 100 | Andrews University | 37200 | 76700 | 0.5148 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 101 | Western Michigan University | 37300 | 37900 | 0.0158 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 102 | University of Arizona | 37800 | 39900 | 0.0526 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 103 | Mississippi State University | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2726 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 104 | Saint Louis University | 42800 | 84300 | 0.492 | 9,331 | 1250 | 0.7499 | |
| 104 | University of Florida | 42800 | 45700 | 0.0635 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 106 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 42900 | 88100 | 0.5129 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 107 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43200 | 68700 | 0.3719 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 108 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0922 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 109 | LeTourneau University | 44700 | 57300 | 0.2197 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 110 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott | 46300 | 63800 | 0.2751 | 3,229 | 1258 | 0.7658 | |
| 111 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach | 47000 | 66500 | 0.294 | 7,886 | 1271 | 0.6481 | |
| 112 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 47500 | 47500 | 0 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 113 | University of Kentucky | 48000 | 59900 | 0.1978 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 114 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 115 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49200 | 58800 | 0.1628 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 116 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 49300 | 64400 | 0.2344 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 117 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50200 | 85400 | 0.4124 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 118 | University of California-Berkeley | 51300 | 76600 | 0.3302 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 119 | Lynn University | 51500 | 71600 | 0.2807 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 120 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 52600 | 86300 | 0.3905 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 121 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 52900 | 53300 | 0.0075 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 122 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 123 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55300 | 70900 | 0.2202 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 124 | Auburn University | 59400 | 59400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.