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Considering a degree in Aerospace?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Aerospace majors who live in South Dakota.
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 South Dakota.
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 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5200 | 40700 | 0.8713 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7300 | 90000 | 0.9193 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 5 | University of Notre Dame | 11300 | 86200 | 0.8694 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 6 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11700 | 26900 | 0.5645 | 21,118 | 980 | 0.9992 | |
| 7 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 12200 | 29100 | 0.5812 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 8 | Eastern Kentucky University | 12300 | 22900 | 0.4637 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 9 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 10 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13100 | 26500 | 0.5051 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 11 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 25700 | 0.4858 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 12 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 13 | Delta State University | 14000 | 23200 | 0.3971 | 1,876 | 1040 | 1 | |
| 14 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4478 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 15 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71700 | 0.794 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 16 | Case Western Reserve University | 15200 | 91300 | 0.8339 | 6,528 | 1475 | 0.3654 | |
| 16 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 38000 | 0.6003 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 18 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3949 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 18 | Western Michigan University | 15800 | 26500 | 0.4042 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 20 | Middle Georgia State University | 16000 | 20700 | 0.2267 | 7,692 | 1065 | 0.9968 | |
| 20 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16000 | 27700 | 0.4218 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 22 | California State University-Long Beach | 16400 | 25800 | 0.3644 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 22 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16400 | 31000 | 0.4706 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 24 | University of North Texas | 16500 | 26100 | 0.3684 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 25 | Morehead State University | 16900 | 28000 | 0.3962 | 8,258 | 1140 | 0.7721 | |
| 26 | West Virginia University | 17100 | 40900 | 0.5816 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 27 | Tennessee State University | 17200 | 31000 | 0.4453 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7011 | |
| 28 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4193 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 29 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17700 | 23200 | 0.237 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 29 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 31 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 37700 | 0.5256 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 32 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 18700 | 34100 | 0.4522 | 4,213 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 33 | Delaware State University | 18900 | 42200 | 0.5516 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 33 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18900 | 39000 | 0.5166 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 35 | Southeast Missouri State University | 19700 | 30600 | 0.3571 | 7,926 | 945 | 0.7352 | |
| 36 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19900 | 38000 | 0.4764 | 19,586 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 36 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19900 | 78700 | 0.7472 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 38 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 39 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 20300 | 30400 | 0.3319 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 40 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20400 | 23200 | 0.1207 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 41 | University of Southern California | 20600 | 75900 | 0.729 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 42 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 43 | Henderson State University | 21000 | 30600 | 0.3133 | 1,461 | 990 | 0.8192 | |
| 44 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 21200 | 27800 | 0.237 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 45 | University of Memphis | 21300 | 29600 | 0.2807 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 46 | The University of Alabama | 23100 | 31000 | 0.2546 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 47 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 42000 | 0.4471 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 48 | San Jose State University | 23400 | 41100 | 0.4308 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 49 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 24000 | 27100 | 0.1161 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 50 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24100 | 24900 | 0.0321 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 51 | University of Kansas | 24700 | 43000 | 0.4266 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 52 | Indiana State University | 24800 | 32400 | 0.2347 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 53 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 24900 | 34600 | 0.2803 | 4,526 | 0 | 0 | |
| 54 | Elizabeth City State University | 25300 | 28500 | 0.1122 | 2,154 | 1005 | 0.6422 | |
| 55 | Lewis University | 25500 | 57700 | 0.5578 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7129 | |
| 56 | Clarkson University | 25600 | 78000 | 0.672 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 56 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1097 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 58 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 26100 | 39700 | 0.3426 | 2,476 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 59 | Tuskegee University | 26200 | 42100 | 0.3781 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 60 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 36800 | 0.2692 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 61 | University of Arizona | 27000 | 37700 | 0.2842 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27500 | 41500 | 0.3371 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 62 | University of South Dakota | 27500 | 29600 | 0.0726 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 64 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6653 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 65 | Fairmont State University | 27900 | 32200 | 0.1336 | 3,088 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 66 | Wichita State University | 28000 | 39800 | 0.2974 | 13,313 | 1073 | 0.9395 | |
| 67 | Iowa State University | 28200 | 42800 | 0.3414 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 67 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 69 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 70 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5921 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 71 | Bridgewater State University | 29300 | 35500 | 0.1737 | 8,270 | 1180 | 0.8781 | |
| 72 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29400 | 42400 | 0.3069 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 73 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 29700 | 29700 | 0 | 9,853 | 990 | 0.6652 | |
| 74 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 75 | Southern Utah University | 30300 | 40800 | 0.2575 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 76 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30900 | 36900 | 0.1624 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 77 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3275 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 77 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0785 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 79 | San Diego State University | 31200 | 36100 | 0.1357 | 35,782 | 1208 | 0.3619 | |
| 80 | Hampton University | 31300 | 54800 | 0.4288 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 81 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1031 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 82 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.1214 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 83 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 84 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4007 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 85 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 32900 | 43100 | 0.2368 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 86 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 87 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 88 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 34000 | 75200 | 0.548 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 89 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34600 | 44300 | 0.2188 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 90 | Andrews University | 35000 | 70100 | 0.5008 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 91 | Averett University | 35300 | 57200 | 0.3831 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 92 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36800 | 41600 | 0.1154 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 93 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 94 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 95 | University of Florida | 43200 | 45700 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 96 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3667 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 97 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43500 | 53600 | 0.1886 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 98 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2305 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 99 | University at Buffalo | 44100 | 46700 | 0.0557 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 100 | William Jessup University | 45800 | 54900 | 0.1658 | 1,317 | 1140 | 0.9333 | |
| 101 | Saint Louis University | 46000 | 80900 | 0.4312 | 10,413 | 1305 | 0.7504 | |
| 102 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46400 | 86300 | 0.4621 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 103 | University of California-San Diego | 46500 | 75300 | 0.3823 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 104 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott | 46700 | 63800 | 0.2686 | 3,229 | 1258 | 0.7658 | |
| 105 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach | 47400 | 66500 | 0.2878 | 10,629 | 1268 | 0.6481 | |
| 106 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 47800 | 48600 | 0.0165 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 107 | University of Colorado Boulder | 48000 | 57700 | 0.1677 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 108 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 59400 | 0.1617 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 108 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 110 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50200 | 83600 | 0.3994 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 111 | Lynn University | 51600 | 66000 | 0.2181 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 112 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 113 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 114 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.