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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 | 4,114 | 1335 | 0.1409 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,474 | 1305 | 0.0927 | |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3600 | 93300 | 0.9613 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 4 | California State University-Los Angeles | 5300 | 69100 | 0.9237 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 5 | University of Notre Dame | 8000 | 89100 | 0.91 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 6 | Morehead State University | 8100 | 26300 | 0.6915 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 7 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9500 | 41400 | 0.7711 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 8 | Indiana State University | 10300 | 25900 | 0.6033 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 9 | Southern Utah University | 10600 | 51400 | 0.7937 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 10 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11000 | 27300 | 0.5981 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 11 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 11800 | 39000 | 0.6966 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 12 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 12 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12600 | 29300 | 0.57 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 14 | Middle Georgia State University | 13000 | 55000 | 0.7631 | 7,692 | 1065 | 0.9968 | |
| 15 | Delta State University | 13100 | 23200 | 0.436 | 1,876 | 1040 | 1 | |
| 16 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13500 | 40800 | 0.6693 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 17 | University of Memphis | 14400 | 29100 | 0.5054 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 18 | Western Michigan University | 14500 | 26500 | 0.4533 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 19 | Bridgewater State University | 14600 | 37300 | 0.6095 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 20 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 14700 | 30100 | 0.5123 | 2,477 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 21 | Case Western Reserve University | 14900 | 92800 | 0.8391 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 22 | Stanford University | 15000 | 1932000 | 0.9923 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 23 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 15100 | 26300 | 0.4255 | 4,056 | 1090 | 0.4151 | |
| 23 | West Virginia University | 15100 | 73100 | 0.7931 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 25 | University of Kansas | 15700 | 34900 | 0.5496 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 26 | University of North Texas | 16000 | 26100 | 0.3867 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 27 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 16100 | 26900 | 0.4031 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 27 | Kansas State University | 16100 | 26400 | 0.3909 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 29 | Tennessee State University | 16300 | 55800 | 0.708 | 4,221 | 990 | 0.8463 | |
| 30 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 16500 | 38700 | 0.5729 | 22,223 | 975 | 0.9994 | |
| 31 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16600 | 27800 | 0.4033 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 32 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16700 | 26500 | 0.3701 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 33 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 17000 | 28100 | 0.3956 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 34 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17300 | 29000 | 0.4037 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 35 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 36 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4164 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 37 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 47900 | 0.6257 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 38 | Angelo State University | 18100 | 23100 | 0.2191 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 39 | Austin Peay State University | 18200 | 31600 | 0.4247 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 39 | The University of Texas at Austin | 18200 | 28100 | 0.3519 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 41 | San Jose State University | 18300 | 41100 | 0.5542 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 42 | Fairmont State University | 18600 | 30900 | 0.398 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 42 | San Diego State University | 18600 | 28900 | 0.3565 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 42 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 18600 | 30500 | 0.3899 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 45 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 19900 | 45100 | 0.559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 46 | University of Southern California | 20100 | 76400 | 0.7373 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 47 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 48 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2287 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 49 | Iowa State University | 21100 | 25700 | 0.1794 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 50 | Utah State University | 21800 | 38800 | 0.4382 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 51 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22400 | 34200 | 0.3453 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 52 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 53 | The University of Alabama | 22700 | 33400 | 0.3202 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 54 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 51000 | 0.5446 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 54 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 23200 | 36100 | 0.357 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23300 | 34400 | 0.3224 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 57 | Elizabeth City State University | 24400 | 28500 | 0.1438 | 2,252 | 916 | 0.8671 | |
| 57 | Walsh University | 24400 | 46400 | 0.4753 | 1,523 | 1159 | 0.7074 | |
| 59 | Lewis University | 24500 | 59800 | 0.5902 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 60 | Geneva College | 24900 | 50300 | 0.5048 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 25100 | 34700 | 0.2756 | 4,526 | 1130 | 1 | |
| 61 | South Dakota State University | 25100 | 28700 | 0.1242 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 63 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25500 | 39400 | 0.3529 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 63 | University of North Dakota | 25500 | 28600 | 0.1073 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 65 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25600 | 28600 | 0.107 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 66 | Temple University | 26200 | 36100 | 0.2744 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 66 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26200 | 28000 | 0.0642 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 68 | Henderson State University | 26500 | 27200 | 0.0258 | 1,461 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 69 | California State University-Long Beach | 27300 | 38800 | 0.2963 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 70 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27600 | 40700 | 0.3212 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 71 | Delaware State University | 27800 | 62600 | 0.5558 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 72 | University of Hartford | 28300 | 70100 | 0.5959 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 73 | Clarkson University | 28400 | 78000 | 0.6361 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 74 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 28800 | 43100 | 0.332 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 75 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29500 | 34200 | 0.1373 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 76 | Siena Heights University | 30700 | 46300 | 0.3365 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 77 | Kent State University at Kent | 30900 | 37500 | 0.1751 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 78 | Tuskegee University | 31500 | 45600 | 0.3093 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 79 | Hampton University | 31700 | 54800 | 0.4215 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 80 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31900 | 35200 | 0.0938 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 81 | Carroll University | 32000 | 63900 | 0.4995 | 2,581 | 1174 | 0.6684 | |
| 82 | North Carolina State University | 32400 | 54800 | 0.4083 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 83 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 84 | Wichita State University | 32600 | 42200 | 0.2269 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 85 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 32800 | 41600 | 0.2115 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 86 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33600 | 75200 | 0.5533 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 87 | Charleston Southern University | 33900 | 48400 | 0.3007 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 88 | Averett University | 34500 | 57600 | 0.4012 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 89 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35000 | 37600 | 0.0683 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 90 | Southern New Hampshire University | 35300 | 64600 | 0.4536 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 91 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 35800 | 56300 | 0.3652 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 92 | Andrews University | 37100 | 76700 | 0.5161 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 93 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37500 | 40100 | 0.064 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 94 | Mississippi State University | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2726 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 95 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 39600 | 42200 | 0.0608 | 9,965 | 1095 | 1 | |
| 96 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 97 | Pacific Union College | 41700 | 55700 | 0.2511 | 968 | 1070 | 0.473 | |
| 98 | University of Central Florida | 42100 | 42800 | 0.0164 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 99 | University of Arizona | 42500 | 48600 | 0.1254 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 100 | Saint Louis University | 42600 | 84300 | 0.4944 | 9,331 | 1250 | 0.7499 | |
| 101 | University of Florida | 42800 | 45700 | 0.0635 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 102 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 42900 | 88100 | 0.5129 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 103 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43200 | 68700 | 0.3719 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 104 | LeTourneau University | 44500 | 57300 | 0.2232 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 105 | William Jessup University | 45700 | 56700 | 0.1939 | 1,317 | 1140 | 0.9333 | |
| 106 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott | 46300 | 63800 | 0.2751 | 3,229 | 1258 | 0.7658 | |
| 107 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 108 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach | 47000 | 66500 | 0.294 | 7,886 | 1271 | 0.6481 | |
| 109 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47200 | 61500 | 0.2335 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 110 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 111 | University of Kentucky | 48600 | 59900 | 0.1892 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 112 | University of California-San Diego | 49000 | 79600 | 0.3843 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 113 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 49400 | 67600 | 0.2693 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 114 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50000 | 85400 | 0.4147 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 115 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 50500 | 64400 | 0.2158 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 116 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50600 | 63800 | 0.2065 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 117 | Lynn University | 51500 | 71600 | 0.2807 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 118 | University of California-Berkeley | 51900 | 76600 | 0.3224 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 119 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 52600 | 86300 | 0.3905 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 120 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 121 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55200 | 70900 | 0.2207 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 122 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 58700 | 62100 | 0.0548 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 123 | Auburn University | 59400 | 59400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 124 | University of California-Davis | 68000 | 69900 | 0.0272 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 125 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75000 | 0.04 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.