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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 South Carolina.
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 South Carolina.
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 | 3900 | 112100 | 0.9651 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 4 | California State University-Los Angeles | 5400 | 69100 | 0.9223 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 5 | Morehead State University | 8300 | 29200 | 0.7168 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 5 | University of Notre Dame | 8300 | 86900 | 0.905 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 7 | Southern Utah University | 10400 | 22200 | 0.5325 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 8 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10600 | 42400 | 0.7495 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 8 | University of California-Berkeley | 10600 | 57300 | 0.8145 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 10 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 11000 | 33500 | 0.671 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 11 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11100 | 30900 | 0.6402 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 12 | Indiana State University | 11700 | 25900 | 0.5491 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11700 | 35500 | 0.6703 | 22,223 | 975 | 0.9994 | |
| 14 | Greenville Technical College | 12700 | 23700 | 0.4642 | 11,999 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 | Middle Georgia State University | 13200 | 20700 | 0.3617 | 7,692 | 1065 | 0.9968 | |
| 15 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 13200 | 34400 | 0.6156 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 17 | Delta State University | 13300 | 23500 | 0.4344 | 1,876 | 1040 | 1 | |
| 18 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13600 | 52800 | 0.7427 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 19 | Fairmont State University | 13800 | 21600 | 0.3605 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 19 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 21 | Bridgewater State University | 14200 | 28800 | 0.5086 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 22 | Coastal Carolina University | 14400 | 72300 | 0.8012 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 23 | University of Memphis | 14500 | 37800 | 0.6167 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 24 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 14800 | 55300 | 0.7319 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 25 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 92100 | 0.8358 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 25 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 43700 | 0.6547 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 25 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 15100 | 26300 | 0.4255 | 4,056 | 1090 | 0.4151 | |
| 28 | Stanford University | 15500 | 1865100 | 0.9917 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 29 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 30 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16000 | 29300 | 0.4539 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 31 | University of Kansas | 16200 | 34900 | 0.536 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 32 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16700 | 62800 | 0.7337 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 32 | University of Arizona | 16700 | 41400 | 0.5965 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 34 | California State University-Long Beach | 16800 | 33300 | 0.4956 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 35 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16900 | 39900 | 0.5772 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 36 | Kansas State University | 17000 | 26400 | 0.3542 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 37 | Delaware State University | 17300 | 43000 | 0.598 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 38 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4173 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 38 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 40 | Austin Peay State University | 18300 | 31600 | 0.4215 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 41 | San Jose State University | 18900 | 41100 | 0.5403 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 42 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19100 | 37900 | 0.4979 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 43 | Elizabeth City State University | 19800 | 23600 | 0.1612 | 2,252 | 916 | 0.8671 | |
| 43 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 45 | University of Southern California | 20200 | 76200 | 0.7348 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 46 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20500 | 43700 | 0.531 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 46 | College of Charleston | 20500 | 43600 | 0.5293 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 48 | Western Michigan University | 22200 | 37800 | 0.413 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 49 | Averett University | 22300 | 57400 | 0.612 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 50 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43000 | 0.4765 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 51 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 41500 | 0.4408 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 52 | Lewis University | 23300 | 59400 | 0.608 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 53 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23500 | 26900 | 0.1264 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 53 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23500 | 25500 | 0.0799 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 55 | Tennessee State University | 24300 | 39200 | 0.3798 | 4,221 | 990 | 0.8463 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 24500 | 34600 | 0.2918 | 4,526 | 1130 | 1 | |
| 57 | Walsh University | 24600 | 46400 | 0.4714 | 1,523 | 1159 | 0.7074 | |
| 58 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25100 | 38400 | 0.3467 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 59 | Kent State University at Kent | 25200 | 28400 | 0.1157 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 60 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 61 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 62 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 25600 | 80500 | 0.6823 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 63 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0974 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 63 | University of North Dakota | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0977 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 65 | Henderson State University | 26100 | 36600 | 0.2869 | 1,461 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 65 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 67 | Clarkson University | 26300 | 78000 | 0.663 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 68 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4755 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 69 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26500 | 36800 | 0.28 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 70 | Wichita State University | 27000 | 30300 | 0.1087 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 71 | West Virginia University | 27400 | 40900 | 0.3299 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 72 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 27800 | 27800 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 73 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5933 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 74 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 74 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 36500 | 0.2167 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 76 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30600 | 39400 | 0.2234 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 77 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30800 | 36900 | 0.1662 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 78 | Siena Heights University | 31000 | 46300 | 0.3306 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 79 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 79 | San Diego State University | 31200 | 35300 | 0.1161 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 81 | Charleston Southern University | 31400 | 48400 | 0.3528 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 82 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.1071 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 82 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 84 | Tuskegee University | 31800 | 53200 | 0.4026 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 85 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1252 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 86 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 87 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 88 | Carroll University | 33000 | 63900 | 0.4838 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 89 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33200 | 75200 | 0.5587 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 89 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44700 | 0.2573 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 91 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34700 | 43300 | 0.1985 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 92 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35300 | 37600 | 0.0609 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 93 | Andrews University | 37200 | 76700 | 0.5148 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 94 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37700 | 66600 | 0.4337 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 95 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.0571 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 96 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 97 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 39900 | 42200 | 0.0543 | 9,965 | 1095 | 1 | |
| 98 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40300 | 90200 | 0.5531 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 99 | Pacific Union College | 40800 | 52800 | 0.2273 | 968 | 1070 | 0.473 | |
| 100 | Saint Louis University | 41600 | 81100 | 0.4871 | 9,331 | 1250 | 0.7499 | |
| 100 | University at Buffalo | 41600 | 46400 | 0.1035 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 102 | Middle Tennessee State University | 42100 | 46500 | 0.0947 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 103 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43200 | 68700 | 0.3714 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 103 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 108500 | 0.6019 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 105 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 106 | LeTourneau University | 44500 | 55000 | 0.1909 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 107 | William Jessup University | 45700 | 69500 | 0.3423 | 1,317 | 1140 | 0.9333 | |
| 108 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott | 46600 | 63800 | 0.2708 | 3,229 | 1258 | 0.7658 | |
| 109 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach | 47300 | 66500 | 0.2899 | 7,886 | 1271 | 0.6481 | |
| 110 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 47500 | 53300 | 0.1087 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 111 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 112 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 49200 | 65300 | 0.2466 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 113 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 58800 | 0.1547 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 114 | University of Colorado Boulder | 50000 | 56000 | 0.1072 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 115 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50300 | 95600 | 0.4741 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 116 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 51000 | 72700 | 0.2984 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 117 | University of Kentucky | 51500 | 74100 | 0.304 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 118 | Lynn University | 51700 | 71600 | 0.2779 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 119 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 53000 | 86300 | 0.3859 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 120 | The University of Alabama | 53700 | 66500 | 0.1925 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 121 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54500 | 66200 | 0.1767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 122 | University of California-San Diego | 56000 | 90100 | 0.3785 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 123 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63500 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 124 | University of California-Davis | 68200 | 90000 | 0.2421 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 125 | Auburn University | 75200 | 85500 | 0.1204 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.