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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 Dakota.
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 Dakota.
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 | 7300 | 90000 | 0.9193 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 4 | Utah State University | 8200 | 25200 | 0.6743 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 5 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10400 | 20400 | 0.4907 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 6 | Southern Utah University | 10600 | 22200 | 0.5235 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 7 | University of Notre Dame | 11400 | 86200 | 0.8682 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 8 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11600 | 26900 | 0.5682 | 22,223 | 975 | 0.9994 | |
| 9 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 12000 | 38800 | 0.6912 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 10 | Indiana State University | 12100 | 25900 | 0.5337 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 11 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 12200 | 29100 | 0.5812 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 12 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 12 | University of Central Florida | 12600 | 25300 | 0.5014 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 14 | University of Arizona | 12900 | 30900 | 0.5835 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 15 | Fairmont State University | 13900 | 21400 | 0.3509 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 16 | Delta State University | 14000 | 23200 | 0.3971 | 1,876 | 1040 | 1 | |
| 17 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.4515 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 18 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71700 | 0.794 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 19 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 91300 | 0.835 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 19 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.603 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 21 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 15800 | 26900 | 0.4123 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 22 | Western Michigan University | 16000 | 32500 | 0.5083 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 23 | California State University-Long Beach | 16400 | 25800 | 0.3644 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 23 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16400 | 29300 | 0.4403 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 25 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16500 | 23400 | 0.2952 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 26 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 16900 | 25400 | 0.3351 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 27 | Tennessee State University | 17200 | 31000 | 0.4453 | 4,221 | 990 | 0.8463 | |
| 28 | West Virginia University | 17400 | 40900 | 0.5743 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 29 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 30 | Bridgewater State University | 18400 | 25400 | 0.2752 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 31 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 18500 | 34100 | 0.458 | 4,056 | 1090 | 0.4151 | |
| 32 | Delaware State University | 18900 | 42200 | 0.5516 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 33 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 19800 | 30500 | 0.3506 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 34 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19900 | 38000 | 0.4764 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 35 | Wichita State University | 20100 | 29800 | 0.3252 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 36 | Elizabeth City State University | 20200 | 23600 | 0.1443 | 2,252 | 916 | 0.8671 | |
| 37 | Carroll University | 20300 | 61600 | 0.6708 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 37 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20300 | 23200 | 0.125 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 39 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 39 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20400 | 29900 | 0.317 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 41 | University of Southern California | 20600 | 75900 | 0.729 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 42 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 43 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 44 | Henderson State University | 21300 | 30600 | 0.3035 | 1,461 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 44 | University of Memphis | 21300 | 29600 | 0.2807 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 46 | Austin Peay State University | 22200 | 31600 | 0.2979 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 47 | University of South Dakota | 22700 | 26000 | 0.1265 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 48 | The University of Alabama | 23000 | 31000 | 0.2579 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 49 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23200 | 34500 | 0.3279 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 50 | Florida Memorial University | 23300 | 42000 | 0.4447 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 50 | San Jose State University | 23300 | 41100 | 0.4332 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 52 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24200 | 34400 | 0.2965 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 53 | University of Kansas | 24600 | 43000 | 0.4276 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 24900 | 34600 | 0.2803 | 4,526 | 1130 | 1 | |
| 54 | Walsh University | 24900 | 46400 | 0.4634 | 1,523 | 1159 | 0.7074 | |
| 56 | University at Buffalo | 25100 | 34000 | 0.2618 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 57 | Kent State University at Kent | 25200 | 28400 | 0.1157 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 58 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25300 | 38400 | 0.3415 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 59 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25700 | 28000 | 0.0817 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 60 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0974 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 60 | University of North Dakota | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0977 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 62 | Lewis University | 26000 | 57700 | 0.5492 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 63 | Clarkson University | 26300 | 78000 | 0.663 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 63 | Tuskegee University | 26300 | 42100 | 0.3757 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 65 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4755 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 66 | Morehead State University | 26700 | 32600 | 0.1808 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 67 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 67 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 27400 | 29700 | 0.0772 | 9,965 | 1095 | 1 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27500 | 41500 | 0.3371 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 70 | Kansas State University | 27600 | 30400 | 0.0946 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 71 | Iowa State University | 28000 | 42800 | 0.3446 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 71 | Middle Georgia State University | 28000 | 33400 | 0.1616 | 7,692 | 1065 | 0.9968 | |
| 73 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 73 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5933 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 75 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 28800 | 34000 | 0.1531 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 76 | University of North Texas | 29000 | 37400 | 0.2244 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 77 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29400 | 42400 | 0.3069 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 78 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 79 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30800 | 39200 | 0.2146 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 80 | Siena Heights University | 31000 | 46300 | 0.3306 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 81 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 81 | San Diego State University | 31200 | 36100 | 0.1357 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 83 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 84 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.1071 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 84 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 31600 | 43100 | 0.267 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 86 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 87 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 88 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33200 | 75200 | 0.5587 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 89 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 90 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34500 | 36100 | 0.0443 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 91 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34600 | 44300 | 0.2188 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 92 | Averett University | 35300 | 57200 | 0.3831 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 93 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3603 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 94 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36200 | 53100 | 0.3181 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 95 | Andrews University | 37200 | 70100 | 0.4694 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 96 | LeTourneau University | 38200 | 54800 | 0.3031 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 96 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 66300 | 0.4239 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 98 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 99 | Pacific Union College | 41000 | 52800 | 0.2233 | 968 | 1070 | 0.473 | |
| 100 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41800 | 46000 | 0.0913 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 101 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42100 | 53600 | 0.2147 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 102 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 103 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 104 | William Jessup University | 45700 | 54900 | 0.1677 | 1,317 | 1140 | 0.9333 | |
| 105 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46400 | 86300 | 0.4621 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 106 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott | 46600 | 63800 | 0.2708 | 3,229 | 1258 | 0.7658 | |
| 106 | University of California-San Diego | 46600 | 77200 | 0.3964 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 108 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2124 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 109 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach | 47300 | 66500 | 0.2899 | 7,886 | 1271 | 0.6481 | |
| 110 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 110 | University of Colorado Boulder | 48000 | 57700 | 0.1677 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 112 | Saint Louis University | 48300 | 80900 | 0.4027 | 9,331 | 1250 | 0.7499 | |
| 113 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 58000 | 0.1565 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 114 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49600 | 59400 | 0.165 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 115 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 116 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50100 | 83600 | 0.4006 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 117 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 118 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 119 | Lynn University | 51700 | 66000 | 0.2166 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 120 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 121 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 122 | University of California-Davis | 68100 | 69800 | 0.0243 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 123 | University of California-Berkeley | 71200 | 76100 | 0.0644 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.