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Considering a degree in Aerospace?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Aerospace majors who live in California.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Aerospace 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 | Stanford University | 3500 | 71800 | 0.9517 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 4 | Santa Ana College | 4500 | 23100 | 0.8046 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Utah State University | 8200 | 25200 | 0.6743 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8900 | 90000 | 0.9016 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 7 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38200 | 0.7339 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 8 | University of Notre Dame | 10300 | 86200 | 0.881 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 9 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 11000 | 26000 | 0.5786 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 9 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11000 | 29100 | 0.6225 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 11 | University of California-San Diego | 11200 | 39700 | 0.718 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11600 | 26900 | 0.5682 | 21,118 | 980 | 0.9992 | |
| 13 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,453 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 12000 | 38800 | 0.6912 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 15 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0.0009 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 16 | Delta State University | 13900 | 23200 | 0.4015 | 1,876 | 1040 | 1 | |
| 17 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14900 | 31000 | 0.5189 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 18 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 15000 | 26900 | 0.442 | 2,476 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 19 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 91300 | 0.835 | 6,528 | 1475 | 0.3654 | |
| 19 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.6031 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 21 | University of Southern California | 15300 | 71400 | 0.786 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 22 | Western Michigan University | 15400 | 32500 | 0.5268 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 23 | Tennessee State University | 15500 | 39200 | 0.604 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7011 | |
| 24 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 25 | California State University-Long Beach | 16400 | 25800 | 0.3645 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 26 | West Virginia University | 16600 | 40900 | 0.5939 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 27 | Delaware State University | 17600 | 42200 | 0.5823 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 27 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17600 | 29900 | 0.4136 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 29 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 30 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 18900 | 34100 | 0.4463 | 4,213 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 31 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 40800 | 0.5349 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 32 | Southeast Missouri State University | 19200 | 30600 | 0.3722 | 7,926 | 945 | 0.7352 | |
| 33 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 19300 | 30400 | 0.3648 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 34 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19400 | 38000 | 0.4896 | 19,586 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 35 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20500 | 23200 | 0.1164 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 35 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 20500 | 27800 | 0.2622 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 37 | University of Memphis | 20600 | 29600 | 0.3044 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 38 | Henderson State University | 20900 | 30600 | 0.3166 | 1,461 | 990 | 0.8192 | |
| 39 | Florida Memorial University | 22900 | 42000 | 0.4542 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 40 | Indiana State University | 23500 | 32400 | 0.2748 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 41 | San Diego State University | 23600 | 28900 | 0.1846 | 35,782 | 1208 | 0.3619 | |
| 42 | University of Kansas | 23800 | 43000 | 0.4459 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 43 | Lewis University | 24000 | 57700 | 0.5838 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7129 | |
| 43 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 24000 | 26400 | 0.0902 | 9,853 | 990 | 0.6652 | |
| 45 | Elizabeth City State University | 24200 | 28500 | 0.1508 | 2,154 | 1005 | 0.6422 | |
| 46 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25100 | 38400 | 0.3467 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 47 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1143 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 48 | Clarkson University | 25700 | 78000 | 0.6707 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 49 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26100 | 36800 | 0.2909 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 50 | Tuskegee University | 26200 | 42100 | 0.3781 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 51 | Iowa State University | 26600 | 43300 | 0.3859 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 51 | Kansas State University | 26600 | 30400 | 0.1256 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 53 | University of Arizona | 27200 | 37700 | 0.2789 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 54 | Middle Georgia State University | 27300 | 33400 | 0.1826 | 7,692 | 1065 | 0.9968 | |
| 54 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6713 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 56 | Fairmont State University | 27600 | 32200 | 0.1429 | 3,088 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 57 | William Jessup University | 27800 | 51700 | 0.4615 | 1,317 | 1140 | 0.9333 | |
| 58 | Morehead State University | 27900 | 32600 | 0.1441 | 8,258 | 1140 | 0.7721 | |
| 58 | Wichita State University | 27900 | 39800 | 0.3007 | 13,313 | 1073 | 0.9395 | |
| 60 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28400 | 32300 | 0.1207 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 61 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5933 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 61 | University of North Texas | 28500 | 37400 | 0.2378 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 63 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 28600 | 42400 | 0.3258 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 64 | Bridgewater State University | 28700 | 35500 | 0.1923 | 8,270 | 1180 | 0.8781 | |
| 65 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 34000 | 0.1354 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 66 | Southern Utah University | 29700 | 40800 | 0.2722 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 67 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 67 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30000 | 39200 | 0.235 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 69 | Siena Heights University | 31000 | 46300 | 0.3303 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 69 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0824 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 71 | Hampton University | 31100 | 54800 | 0.4325 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 72 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 73 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.1068 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 74 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 32600 | 45300 | 0.2806 | 4,526 | 0 | 0 | |
| 75 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4031 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 76 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 77 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 33400 | 41000 | 0.186 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 78 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 79 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 80 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 34000 | 37200 | 0.0881 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 81 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 34200 | 75200 | 0.5454 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 82 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34300 | 44300 | 0.2256 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 83 | Andrews University | 35000 | 70100 | 0.5008 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 84 | Averett University | 35300 | 57200 | 0.3831 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 85 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3601 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 86 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36200 | 41600 | 0.1298 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 86 | Mississippi State University | 36200 | 50500 | 0.283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 88 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66300 | 0.4436 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 89 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38500 | 53100 | 0.2748 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 90 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 91 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 39800 | 53600 | 0.2576 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 92 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41100 | 46000 | 0.1065 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 93 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42600 | 53600 | 0.2054 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 94 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 95 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68600 | 0.3686 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 96 | University at Buffalo | 43800 | 46700 | 0.0621 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 96 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2328 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 98 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46000 | 86300 | 0.4668 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 99 | Saint Louis University | 46200 | 80900 | 0.4287 | 10,413 | 1305 | 0.7504 | |
| 100 | University of Colorado Boulder | 46400 | 57700 | 0.1959 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 101 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott | 46600 | 63800 | 0.2706 | 3,229 | 1258 | 0.7658 | |
| 102 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2122 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 103 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach | 47300 | 66500 | 0.2897 | 10,629 | 1268 | 0.6481 | |
| 104 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 105 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48100 | 48600 | 0.0103 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 106 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0543 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 107 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 59400 | 0.1633 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 108 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 109 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50500 | 83600 | 0.3958 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 110 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 111 | Lynn University | 51500 | 66000 | 0.2197 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 112 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1291 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 113 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 114 | The University of Alabama | 55800 | 56600 | 0.0141 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 115 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.