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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 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5000 | 40700 | 0.8762 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 4 | Greenville Technical College | 7200 | 18400 | 0.6091 | 11,999 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7800 | 90000 | 0.9138 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 6 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10100 | 20400 | 0.5054 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 7 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 8 | Southern Utah University | 10400 | 22200 | 0.5325 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 9 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 11000 | 26000 | 0.5775 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 9 | University of Notre Dame | 11000 | 86200 | 0.8729 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 11 | Indiana State University | 11700 | 25900 | 0.5491 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 11 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11700 | 26900 | 0.5645 | 21,118 | 980 | 0.9992 | |
| 13 | Eastern Kentucky University | 12100 | 22900 | 0.4725 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 14 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 15 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12900 | 26500 | 0.5126 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 16 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 17 | Fairmont State University | 13900 | 21400 | 0.3509 | 3,088 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 18 | Delta State University | 14000 | 23200 | 0.3971 | 1,876 | 1040 | 1 | |
| 19 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71700 | 0.794 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 20 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 15100 | 22400 | 0.3254 | 4,213 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 21 | Case Western Reserve University | 15200 | 91300 | 0.8339 | 6,528 | 1475 | 0.3654 | |
| 22 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 15500 | 26900 | 0.4234 | 2,476 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 23 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3949 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 23 | Middle Georgia State University | 15800 | 20700 | 0.2363 | 7,692 | 1065 | 0.9968 | |
| 25 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15900 | 31000 | 0.4867 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 26 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16000 | 27700 | 0.4218 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 26 | Western Michigan University | 16000 | 32500 | 0.5083 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 28 | University of North Texas | 16100 | 26100 | 0.3838 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 29 | Tennessee State University | 16200 | 39200 | 0.5862 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7011 | |
| 29 | University of Kansas | 16200 | 34900 | 0.5348 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 31 | California State University-Long Beach | 16300 | 25800 | 0.3683 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 31 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 31 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16300 | 23400 | 0.3038 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 34 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4204 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 35 | West Virginia University | 17200 | 40900 | 0.5792 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 36 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17400 | 23200 | 0.25 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 37 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4159 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 38 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 39 | Delaware State University | 17900 | 42200 | 0.5752 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 40 | Southeast Missouri State University | 19600 | 30600 | 0.3584 | 7,926 | 945 | 0.7352 | |
| 41 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19800 | 38000 | 0.479 | 19,586 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 42 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 19900 | 30500 | 0.3473 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 42 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19900 | 78600 | 0.7467 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 44 | Wichita State University | 20000 | 29800 | 0.3305 | 13,313 | 1073 | 0.9395 | |
| 45 | San Diego State University | 20300 | 28900 | 0.2976 | 35,782 | 1208 | 0.3619 | |
| 45 | University of Southern California | 20300 | 75900 | 0.7329 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 47 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20500 | 23200 | 0.1164 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 47 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 49 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 50 | University of Memphis | 21100 | 26400 | 0.2011 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 51 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.4796 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 52 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 42000 | 0.4471 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 52 | San Jose State University | 23200 | 41100 | 0.4356 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 54 | University at Buffalo | 24900 | 34000 | 0.2677 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 55 | Lewis University | 25000 | 57700 | 0.5665 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7129 | |
| 56 | Elizabeth City State University | 25100 | 28500 | 0.1192 | 2,154 | 1005 | 0.6422 | |
| 57 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 58 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 25500 | 34000 | 0.2502 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 59 | Clarkson University | 25600 | 78000 | 0.672 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 59 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1097 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 61 | University of North Dakota | 25900 | 28600 | 0.0928 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 62 | Tuskegee University | 26300 | 42100 | 0.3757 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 63 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26700 | 36800 | 0.2746 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 64 | Henderson State University | 26900 | 27200 | 0.011 | 1,461 | 990 | 0.8192 | |
| 65 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27100 | 41500 | 0.3468 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 65 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 38100 | 0.2888 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 67 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 68 | Morehead State University | 27900 | 32600 | 0.1441 | 8,258 | 1140 | 0.7721 | |
| 69 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 69 | Syracuse University | 28200 | 83100 | 0.6604 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 71 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 32300 | 0.1145 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 71 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5921 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 73 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3368 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 74 | Bridgewater State University | 29100 | 35500 | 0.1796 | 8,270 | 1180 | 0.8781 | |
| 75 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29200 | 42400 | 0.3117 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 76 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 56000 | 0.4464 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 77 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3275 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 78 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 79 | Hampton University | 31400 | 54800 | 0.427 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 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 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 83 | Coastal Carolina University | 33200 | 45100 | 0.2636 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 84 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 33400 | 45300 | 0.2629 | 4,526 | 0 | 0 | |
| 85 | Auburn University | 33800 | 33800 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 86 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 87 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 34100 | 75200 | 0.5467 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 88 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34200 | 36100 | 0.0526 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 89 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34700 | 44300 | 0.2166 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 90 | Andrews University | 35000 | 70100 | 0.5008 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 91 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 92 | Averett University | 35400 | 57200 | 0.3813 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 92 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35400 | 37600 | 0.0572 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 94 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3578 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 95 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36600 | 47500 | 0.2296 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 96 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37800 | 66300 | 0.43 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 97 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41300 | 53600 | 0.2296 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 98 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 9,853 | 990 | 0.6652 | |
| 99 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43600 | 68700 | 0.3659 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 100 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2305 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 101 | William Jessup University | 45700 | 54900 | 0.1677 | 1,317 | 1140 | 0.9333 | |
| 102 | Saint Louis University | 46100 | 80900 | 0.4299 | 10,413 | 1305 | 0.7504 | |
| 103 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86300 | 0.4644 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 103 | University of California-San Diego | 46200 | 76000 | 0.392 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 105 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott | 46700 | 63800 | 0.2686 | 3,229 | 1258 | 0.7658 | |
| 106 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2117 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 107 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach | 47400 | 66500 | 0.2878 | 10,629 | 1268 | 0.6481 | |
| 108 | University of Colorado Boulder | 47500 | 57700 | 0.1763 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 109 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0517 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 110 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 59400 | 0.1617 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 110 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 112 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50400 | 83600 | 0.397 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 113 | Lynn University | 51600 | 66000 | 0.2181 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 114 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61000 | 63200 | 0.0348 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 115 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75600 | 0.0476 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.