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Considering a degree in Aerospace?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Aerospace majors who live in Tennessee.
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 Tennessee.
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 | 7200 | 90000 | 0.9204 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 4 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9900 | 36900 | 0.7319 | 3,207 | 1060 | 0.8034 | |
| 5 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 10100 | 30000 | 0.6631 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 6 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38500 | 0.7358 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 7 | University of Notre Dame | 11200 | 86200 | 0.8705 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 8 | Utah State University | 11500 | 28500 | 0.5964 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 9 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11600 | 48200 | 0.7598 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 10 | Tennessee State University | 12000 | 48300 | 0.7507 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 11 | University of California-San Diego | 12100 | 39700 | 0.6951 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 12 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 13 | Southern Utah University | 12800 | 44000 | 0.7086 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 14 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 13000 | 26100 | 0.5014 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 15 | University of Central Florida | 13200 | 25300 | 0.4777 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 15 | West Virginia University | 13200 | 57700 | 0.7711 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 17 | Indiana State University | 13300 | 31200 | 0.5743 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 17 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13300 | 54500 | 0.7559 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 19 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13900 | 27800 | 0.4992 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 20 | Delta State University | 14000 | 23200 | 0.3971 | 1,876 | 1040 | 1 | |
| 21 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 22 | Southeast Missouri State University | 15000 | 28200 | 0.4674 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 23 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 83100 | 0.8181 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 23 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 15100 | 25700 | 0.412 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 25 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 36300 | 0.5811 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 26 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15400 | 28000 | 0.4497 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 27 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 15800 | 22400 | 0.2942 | 4,214 | 1090 | 0.8949 | |
| 28 | Delaware State University | 16000 | 46500 | 0.656 | 4,941 | 985 | 0.6167 | |
| 29 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 29 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 16100 | 46800 | 0.6565 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 29 | University of Memphis | 16100 | 26400 | 0.3909 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 32 | California State University-Long Beach | 16200 | 25800 | 0.3722 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 33 | Middle Georgia State University | 16300 | 16300 | 0 | 7,485 | 1045 | 0.9977 | |
| 34 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4199 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 35 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5705 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 36 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 17100 | 30100 | 0.4324 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 37 | University of Kansas | 17200 | 37100 | 0.5349 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 38 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 39 | Bridgewater State University | 17800 | 34800 | 0.4878 | 8,172 | 1135 | 0.8919 | |
| 40 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 30400 | 0.4118 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 41 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.2005 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 42 | Florida Memorial University | 18900 | 44900 | 0.5792 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 43 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19400 | 30600 | 0.366 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 44 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19600 | 59200 | 0.6694 | 19,354 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 44 | Eastern Kentucky University | 19600 | 34400 | 0.4297 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 46 | Elizabeth City State University | 20100 | 23600 | 0.1485 | 2,131 | 940 | 0.6461 | |
| 46 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 46 | Western Michigan University | 20100 | 32500 | 0.382 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 49 | San Jose State University | 20300 | 33600 | 0.3955 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 49 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 20300 | 78700 | 0.7421 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 51 | Henderson State University | 20400 | 37500 | 0.4564 | 1,493 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 51 | University of Southern California | 20400 | 75800 | 0.7312 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 53 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2261 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 54 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1838 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 55 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 21000 | 34400 | 0.3895 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 56 | Averett University | 22100 | 57200 | 0.614 | 1,180 | 1070 | 0.478 | |
| 57 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.4795 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 58 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 23900 | 30500 | 0.2162 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 59 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 24000 | 26400 | 0.0902 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 60 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24300 | 26300 | 0.0761 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 61 | Lewis University | 25700 | 57700 | 0.5544 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 61 | University of North Texas | 25700 | 25700 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 63 | Tuskegee University | 26500 | 42100 | 0.371 | 2,400 | 1113 | 0.3143 | |
| 64 | University of Arizona | 27000 | 38500 | 0.2984 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 65 | Fairmont State University | 27200 | 32200 | 0.1553 | 3,060 | 975 | 0.9924 | |
| 66 | Clarkson University | 27800 | 78000 | 0.6437 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 27800 | 45500 | 0.3893 | 4,264 | 1130 | 0.7423 | |
| 66 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 69 | Morehead State University | 28000 | 32600 | 0.141 | 8,258 | 1140 | 0.7721 | |
| 70 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1279 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 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 | Kansas State University | 29800 | 41600 | 0.2822 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 75 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 76 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31000 | 36900 | 0.162 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 76 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 51200 | 0.3946 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 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 | |
| 80 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 31800 | 62800 | 0.4933 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 81 | Liberty University | 31900 | 44300 | 0.2799 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 82 | Hampton University | 32100 | 62400 | 0.4852 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 83 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.121 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 84 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 32500 | 75200 | 0.568 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 85 | Southern New Hampshire University | 33000 | 52800 | 0.3751 | 2,615 | 965 | 0.8443 | |
| 86 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 87 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 34100 | 37200 | 0.0842 | 12,897 | 1160 | 0.9133 | |
| 88 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 89 | San Diego State University | 35000 | 36100 | 0.0305 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 90 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35200 | 0.0038 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 91 | Andrews University | 35800 | 62100 | 0.4235 | 1,312 | 1196 | 0.874 | |
| 92 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 93 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 66500 | 0.4253 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 94 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 95 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 41900 | 47200 | 0.1122 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 96 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3665 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 97 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43500 | 53400 | 0.1854 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 98 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 99 | Saint Louis University | 44400 | 80900 | 0.451 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 100 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 101 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 102 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86200 | 0.4639 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 103 | William Jessup University | 46300 | 56700 | 0.1833 | 1,056 | 1178 | 0.7682 | |
| 104 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott | 46700 | 63800 | 0.2684 | 3,229 | 1258 | 0.7658 | |
| 105 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 106 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach | 47400 | 66500 | 0.2875 | 7,886 | 1271 | 0.6481 | |
| 107 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0514 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 108 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50300 | 82600 | 0.3912 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 109 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 50700 | 60000 | 0.1549 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 110 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 111 | Lynn University | 51500 | 66000 | 0.2197 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 112 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 113 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54000 | 56100 | 0.038 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 114 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.