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Considering a degree in Aerospace?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Aerospace majors who live in Pennsylvania.
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 Pennsylvania.
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 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8000 | 90000 | 0.9116 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 4 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9600 | 36900 | 0.74 | 3,207 | 1060 | 0.8034 | |
| 5 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38500 | 0.7358 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 6 | University of Notre Dame | 10800 | 86200 | 0.8752 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 7 | Utah State University | 11500 | 28500 | 0.5964 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 8 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11700 | 48200 | 0.7577 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 9 | Tennessee State University | 12000 | 48200 | 0.7503 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 10 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 12400 | 26100 | 0.5243 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 10 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 12400 | 41800 | 0.7032 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 12 | Southern Utah University | 12500 | 44000 | 0.7155 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 13 | Indiana State University | 12600 | 31200 | 0.5968 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 14 | University of Central Florida | 12800 | 25300 | 0.4935 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 15 | West Virginia University | 13100 | 57700 | 0.7728 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 16 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 54500 | 0.7577 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 17 | Middle Tennessee State University | 13500 | 23200 | 0.418 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 18 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13600 | 27800 | 0.5099 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 19 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 13900 | 34100 | 0.5931 | 4,214 | 1090 | 0.8949 | |
| 20 | Delta State University | 14000 | 23200 | 0.3971 | 1,876 | 1040 | 1 | |
| 21 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 14200 | 25700 | 0.4469 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 22 | Southeast Missouri State University | 14600 | 28200 | 0.4822 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 22 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14600 | 28000 | 0.4782 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 24 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 25 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 83100 | 0.8181 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 25 | University of North Texas | 15100 | 25700 | 0.413 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 27 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 15400 | 45200 | 0.6587 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 28 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15800 | 46800 | 0.6629 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 29 | California State University-Long Beach | 15900 | 25800 | 0.3838 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 29 | University of Memphis | 15900 | 26400 | 0.3985 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 31 | Delaware State University | 16100 | 46500 | 0.6539 | 4,941 | 985 | 0.6167 | |
| 31 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 33 | University of Florida | 16200 | 22500 | 0.2799 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 34 | Middle Georgia State University | 16300 | 16300 | 0 | 7,485 | 1045 | 0.9977 | |
| 35 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5705 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 36 | Bridgewater State University | 17600 | 34800 | 0.495 | 8,172 | 1135 | 0.8919 | |
| 37 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 38 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 39 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18300 | 41200 | 0.5565 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 40 | University of Colorado Boulder | 18600 | 30600 | 0.3921 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 41 | Florida Memorial University | 18700 | 44900 | 0.5836 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 41 | University of Arizona | 18700 | 30900 | 0.3955 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 43 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 18900 | 0.0004 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 44 | Eastern Kentucky University | 19200 | 34400 | 0.4413 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 45 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19400 | 59200 | 0.6728 | 19,354 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 46 | San Diego State University | 19700 | 28900 | 0.3184 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 46 | Western Michigan University | 19700 | 32500 | 0.3943 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 48 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19800 | 78700 | 0.7485 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 49 | San Jose State University | 19900 | 33600 | 0.4074 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 50 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 50 | University of Southern California | 20100 | 75800 | 0.7352 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 52 | Henderson State University | 20400 | 37500 | 0.4564 | 1,493 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 53 | Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | 20700 | 33400 | 0.3819 | 8,012 | 1139 | 1 | |
| 54 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20800 | 30700 | 0.3208 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 55 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 56 | Averett University | 22100 | 57200 | 0.614 | 1,180 | 1070 | 0.478 | |
| 57 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23400 | 36800 | 0.3643 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 58 | Elizabeth City State University | 24200 | 28500 | 0.1508 | 2,131 | 940 | 0.6461 | |
| 58 | University at Buffalo | 24200 | 34000 | 0.2883 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 60 | Lewis University | 25300 | 57700 | 0.5613 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 61 | University of Kansas | 25400 | 44000 | 0.4231 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 62 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 63 | Tuskegee University | 26500 | 42100 | 0.371 | 2,400 | 1113 | 0.3143 | |
| 64 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 27000 | 34700 | 0.2207 | 4,264 | 1130 | 0.7423 | |
| 65 | Fairmont State University | 27400 | 32200 | 0.1491 | 3,060 | 975 | 0.9924 | |
| 66 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 67 | Clarkson University | 27900 | 78000 | 0.6425 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 68 | Morehead State University | 28000 | 32600 | 0.141 | 8,258 | 1140 | 0.7721 | |
| 69 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1279 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 70 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28400 | 41600 | 0.3164 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 71 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 71 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.592 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 73 | Wichita State University | 28900 | 40600 | 0.2888 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 74 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29200 | 33900 | 0.1387 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 75 | Kansas State University | 29300 | 41600 | 0.2943 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 76 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 77 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31000 | 36900 | 0.162 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 78 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 78 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3272 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 78 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0781 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 81 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.1027 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 82 | Liberty University | 31900 | 44300 | 0.2799 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 83 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 32000 | 75200 | 0.5746 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 84 | Hampton University | 32300 | 62400 | 0.482 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 85 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 86 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 32600 | 39900 | 0.1829 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
| 87 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 88 | Southern New Hampshire University | 33000 | 52800 | 0.3751 | 2,615 | 965 | 0.8443 | |
| 89 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 89 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 34100 | 37200 | 0.0842 | 12,897 | 1160 | 0.9133 | |
| 91 | Andrews University | 35800 | 62100 | 0.4235 | 1,312 | 1196 | 0.874 | |
| 92 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35900 | 42800 | 0.1613 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 93 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0548 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 94 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66500 | 0.4343 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 95 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 96 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 41600 | 47200 | 0.1185 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 97 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 98 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3665 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 99 | Saint Louis University | 44600 | 80900 | 0.4485 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 100 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 101 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86200 | 0.4651 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 102 | William Jessup University | 46300 | 56700 | 0.1833 | 1,056 | 1178 | 0.7682 | |
| 103 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott | 46700 | 63800 | 0.2684 | 3,229 | 1258 | 0.7658 | |
| 104 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach | 47400 | 66500 | 0.2875 | 7,886 | 1271 | 0.6481 | |
| 105 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0514 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 106 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 107 | University of California-San Diego | 49500 | 77100 | 0.3577 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 108 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50500 | 82600 | 0.3887 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 109 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 110 | Lynn University | 51500 | 66000 | 0.2197 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 111 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1267 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 112 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 113 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 114 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 66100 | 0.121 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 115 | Auburn University | 58700 | 58700 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 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.