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Considering a degree in Aerospace?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Aerospace majors who live in Colorado.
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 Colorado.
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 | 1302 | 0.0936 | |
| 3 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5100 | 40700 | 0.8738 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7700 | 90000 | 0.9149 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 5 | Fairmont State University | 9400 | 21400 | 0.5615 | 3,060 | 975 | 0.9924 | |
| 6 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9800 | 36900 | 0.7346 | 3,207 | 1060 | 0.8034 | |
| 7 | University of Notre Dame | 10900 | 86200 | 0.874 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 8 | Tennessee State University | 11700 | 48200 | 0.7565 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 8 | Wichita State University | 11700 | 29800 | 0.6086 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 10 | Southern Utah University | 12200 | 44000 | 0.7223 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 11 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 11 | Indiana State University | 12600 | 25900 | 0.5143 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 13 | University of Central Florida | 12900 | 25300 | 0.4895 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 14 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13100 | 23400 | 0.4407 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 15 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 54500 | 0.7577 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 15 | West Virginia University | 13200 | 57700 | 0.7711 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 17 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4773 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 18 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 19 | Delta State University | 14000 | 23200 | 0.3971 | 1,876 | 1040 | 1 | |
| 20 | Case Western Reserve University | 14700 | 83100 | 0.8229 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 20 | Southeast Missouri State University | 14700 | 28200 | 0.4773 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 20 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 23 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14800 | 28000 | 0.4711 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 24 | Bridgewater State University | 15300 | 25800 | 0.4097 | 8,172 | 1135 | 0.8919 | |
| 25 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 15500 | 45200 | 0.6565 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 26 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 15600 | 22400 | 0.3031 | 4,214 | 1090 | 0.8949 | |
| 27 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15900 | 46800 | 0.6608 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 28 | University of Memphis | 16000 | 26400 | 0.3947 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 29 | Delaware State University | 16100 | 46500 | 0.6539 | 4,941 | 985 | 0.6167 | |
| 29 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 31 | University of Kansas | 16900 | 37100 | 0.543 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 32 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 17100 | 48200 | 0.6456 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 33 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 34 | Florida Memorial University | 18700 | 44900 | 0.5836 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 35 | Middle Georgia State University | 18900 | 46300 | 0.5914 | 7,485 | 1045 | 0.9977 | |
| 36 | Eastern Kentucky University | 19300 | 34400 | 0.4384 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 37 | Elizabeth City State University | 19800 | 23600 | 0.1612 | 2,131 | 940 | 0.6461 | |
| 37 | San Diego State University | 19800 | 28900 | 0.315 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 37 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19800 | 27600 | 0.2821 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 37 | Western Michigan University | 19800 | 32500 | 0.3912 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 41 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 20000 | 78700 | 0.7459 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 42 | California State University-Los Angeles | 20200 | 59200 | 0.6592 | 19,354 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 42 | University of Southern California | 20200 | 75800 | 0.7338 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 42 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 45 | Henderson State University | 20400 | 37500 | 0.4564 | 1,493 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 46 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 47 | Arapahoe Community College | 20800 | 34000 | 0.3877 | 15,012 | 0 | 1 | |
| 47 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20800 | 34400 | 0.3953 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 49 | University of Colorado Boulder | 21700 | 30600 | 0.2911 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 50 | Averett University | 22100 | 57200 | 0.614 | 1,180 | 1070 | 0.478 | |
| 50 | South Dakota State University | 22100 | 25200 | 0.1243 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 52 | San Jose State University | 22400 | 41100 | 0.4551 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 53 | The University of Alabama | 23500 | 31000 | 0.2418 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 54 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23900 | 30500 | 0.2162 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 55 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 24000 | 27100 | 0.1156 | 12,897 | 1160 | 0.9133 | |
| 55 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 24000 | 26400 | 0.0902 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 55 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24000 | 26300 | 0.0876 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 58 | Front Range Community College | 24400 | 31400 | 0.2228 | 21,970 | 0 | 1 | |
| 59 | Lewis University | 25400 | 57700 | 0.5596 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 60 | University of North Dakota | 25900 | 28600 | 0.0923 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 61 | Tuskegee University | 26500 | 42100 | 0.371 | 2,400 | 1113 | 0.3143 | |
| 62 | University of Arizona | 27200 | 37700 | 0.2789 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 63 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 63 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 27400 | 45500 | 0.398 | 4,264 | 1130 | 0.7423 | |
| 65 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 66 | Clarkson University | 27900 | 78000 | 0.6425 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 67 | Morehead State University | 28000 | 32600 | 0.141 | 8,258 | 1140 | 0.7721 | |
| 68 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1279 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 69 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 69 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.592 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 71 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3365 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 72 | University of North Texas | 30800 | 37400 | 0.1763 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 73 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31000 | 36900 | 0.162 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 74 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 74 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3272 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 76 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 31200 | 62800 | 0.5028 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 77 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.1027 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 78 | Liberty University | 31900 | 44300 | 0.2799 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 79 | Hampton University | 32200 | 62400 | 0.4836 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 79 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 32200 | 75200 | 0.572 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 79 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.121 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 82 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 83 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 84 | Southern New Hampshire University | 33000 | 52800 | 0.3751 | 2,615 | 965 | 0.8443 | |
| 85 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 33100 | 43100 | 0.2322 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 86 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 87 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 34400 | 58500 | 0.4125 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 88 | Andrews University | 35800 | 62100 | 0.4235 | 1,312 | 1196 | 0.874 | |
| 89 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 36000 | 42800 | 0.1573 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 90 | California State University-Long Beach | 37600 | 38600 | 0.0259 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 91 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 92 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 41700 | 42100 | 0.0095 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 93 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 94 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43200 | 53400 | 0.191 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 95 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3665 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 96 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 97 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 44000 | 53700 | 0.1806 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 98 | Saint Louis University | 44500 | 80900 | 0.4497 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 99 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 100 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86200 | 0.4639 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 101 | William Jessup University | 46300 | 56700 | 0.1833 | 1,056 | 1178 | 0.7682 | |
| 102 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott | 46700 | 63800 | 0.2684 | 3,229 | 1258 | 0.7658 | |
| 103 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 104 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach | 47400 | 66500 | 0.2875 | 7,886 | 1271 | 0.6481 | |
| 105 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48200 | 60000 | 0.1965 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 106 | Metropolitan State University of Denver | 48700 | 48700 | 0 | 16,430 | 1005 | 0.9914 | |
| 107 | University of California-San Diego | 49700 | 77100 | 0.3552 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 108 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50400 | 82600 | 0.39 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 109 | Lynn University | 51500 | 66000 | 0.2197 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 110 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 111 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54000 | 56100 | 0.038 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 112 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 66100 | 0.121 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 113 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 114 | Auburn University | 58700 | 58700 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 115 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 116 | University of California-Irvine | 72700 | 74700 | 0.0268 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.