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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 Tennessee.
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 Tennessee.
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 | 4,124 | 1344 | 0.1393 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,465 | 1314 | 0.0936 | |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4700 | 86800 | 0.9456 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 4 | University of Notre Dame | 10000 | 86100 | 0.8838 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 5 | Wichita State University | 11600 | 29800 | 0.6109 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 6 | Tennessee State University | 12000 | 30400 | 0.6044 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 7 | University of California-San Diego | 12800 | 34000 | 0.6231 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 8 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 13000 | 26200 | 0.5037 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 8 | Utah State University | 13000 | 30000 | 0.5659 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 10 | West Virginia University | 14600 | 23300 | 0.3733 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 11 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71300 | 0.792 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 12 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 80400 | 0.8117 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 12 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15100 | 29300 | 0.4842 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 14 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 27700 | 0.4405 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 15 | Elizabeth City State University | 16100 | 21000 | 0.233 | 2,131 | 940 | 0.6461 | |
| 16 | University of Florida | 16500 | 22300 | 0.2602 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 17 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16600 | 28000 | 0.4069 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 18 | Delta State University | 16700 | 23400 | 0.2865 | 1,876 | 1040 | 1 | |
| 18 | University of Arizona | 16700 | 30900 | 0.4603 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 20 | University of Southern California | 17000 | 76000 | 0.7763 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 21 | Southeast Missouri State University | 17100 | 30300 | 0.4353 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 22 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17300 | 23300 | 0.2566 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 23 | Morehead State University | 17800 | 28000 | 0.3645 | 8,258 | 1120 | 0.7721 | |
| 24 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 28100 | 0.3632 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 25 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 18300 | 78300 | 0.7664 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 26 | Florida Memorial University | 18800 | 46100 | 0.5923 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 27 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.341 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 28 | San Jose State University | 19700 | 29900 | 0.3409 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 29 | South Dakota State University | 20500 | 25200 | 0.1866 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 30 | The University of Texas at Austin | 20800 | 26900 | 0.2267 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 31 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20900 | 36200 | 0.4229 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 31 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 33 | San Diego State University | 21200 | 28100 | 0.2457 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 33 | University of Miami | 21200 | 70800 | 0.7009 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 33 | Western Michigan University | 21200 | 32300 | 0.3437 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 36 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22200 | 34400 | 0.3546 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 37 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 22800 | 27100 | 0.1583 | 12,897 | 1110 | 0.9133 | |
| 38 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 22900 | 36100 | 0.3654 | 4,214 | 1090 | 0.8949 | |
| 39 | Henderson State University | 23100 | 35900 | 0.357 | 1,493 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 40 | University of Memphis | 23200 | 30000 | 0.227 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 41 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 42 | University of Central Florida | 23600 | 31400 | 0.2482 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 43 | Eastern Kentucky University | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3654 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 43 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 24100 | 24500 | 0.0163 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 45 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 24600 | 71600 | 0.6567 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 46 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25000 | 36600 | 0.3173 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 46 | Tuskegee University | 25000 | 42100 | 0.4066 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 48 | University of North Texas | 25400 | 25400 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 49 | Lewis University | 25700 | 57400 | 0.5519 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 50 | University of Kansas | 26200 | 42000 | 0.3764 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 51 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4748 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 52 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 26600 | 39000 | 0.3179 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 52 | Westminster University | 26600 | 59500 | 0.5526 | 842 | 1233 | 0.6657 | |
| 54 | Fairmont State University | 27200 | 32000 | 0.1502 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 55 | Indiana State University | 27700 | 30900 | 0.1037 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 56 | Southern Utah University | 27800 | 35600 | 0.2188 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 57 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 58 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 28300 | 28300 | 0 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 59 | California State University-Long Beach | 28500 | 38400 | 0.2581 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 59 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 31500 | 0.0953 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 59 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5926 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 62 | Clarkson University | 28600 | 78000 | 0.6335 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 63 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3381 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 64 | Delaware State University | 29200 | 36700 | 0.2045 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 65 | Bridgewater State University | 29800 | 37000 | 0.1934 | 8,172 | 1135 | 0.8919 | |
| 65 | University of North Dakota | 29800 | 32500 | 0.0831 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 67 | The University of Alabama | 29900 | 29900 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 68 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 69 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 31100 | 52900 | 0.4123 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 70 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31700 | 41100 | 0.2289 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 71 | Hampton University | 32100 | 47000 | 0.3171 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 72 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 32200 | 39200 | 0.1788 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 73 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32500 | 47600 | 0.3171 | 159,653 | 965 | 0.9612 | |
| 74 | Liberty University | 32700 | 43900 | 0.2551 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 74 | Middle Georgia State University | 32700 | 33100 | 0.0121 | 7,485 | 1045 | 0.9977 | |
| 76 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 77 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54600 | 0.3791 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 78 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 78 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34400 | 34500 | 0.0029 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 80 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34600 | 35100 | 0.0142 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 81 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34900 | 0.0039 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 82 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36100 | 56300 | 0.3588 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 83 | Andrews University | 36300 | 47100 | 0.2291 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 83 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2815 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 85 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 36400 | 42400 | 0.1415 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 86 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 37000 | 45500 | 0.1869 | 4,264 | 1130 | 0.7423 | |
| 87 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 62000 | 0.3839 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 88 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 89 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 68600 | 0.4116 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 90 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 41500 | 56700 | 0.2681 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 91 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 92 | University at Buffalo | 42700 | 46800 | 0.0876 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 93 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0693 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 94 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3675 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 94 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 43400 | 55100 | 0.2125 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 96 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43700 | 52100 | 0.1612 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 97 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2315 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 98 | Saint Louis University | 46300 | 74500 | 0.3786 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 99 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott | 46600 | 63800 | 0.2695 | 3,229 | 1258 | 0.7658 | |
| 100 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach | 47300 | 66500 | 0.2886 | 7,886 | 1271 | 0.6481 | |
| 101 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 47600 | 85700 | 0.4444 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 102 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50200 | 81000 | 0.38 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 103 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84200 | 0.3956 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 104 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51100 | 56300 | 0.0923 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 105 | Lynn University | 51400 | 64200 | 0.1994 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 106 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 53200 | 56100 | 0.0518 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 106 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1279 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 108 | University of California-Irvine | 55500 | 64800 | 0.1435 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 109 | University of California-Davis | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.