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Considering a degree in Aerospace?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Aerospace majors who live in Texas.
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 Texas.
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 | Dallas College | 5600 | 16500 | 0.6604 | 69,749 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7500 | 90000 | 0.9171 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 5 | Austin Community College District | 8300 | 21500 | 0.6125 | 39,727 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 7 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 11200 | 26000 | 0.5698 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 7 | University of Notre Dame | 11200 | 86200 | 0.8705 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 9 | University of Central Florida | 12500 | 25300 | 0.5053 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 10 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 11 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12800 | 25700 | 0.5013 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 12 | San Jacinto Community College | 13300 | 16800 | 0.208 | 31,812 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 14 | Fairmont State University | 13900 | 21400 | 0.3509 | 3,088 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 15 | Delta State University | 14000 | 23200 | 0.3971 | 1,876 | 1040 | 1 | |
| 16 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4513 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 17 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71700 | 0.794 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 18 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 15000 | 29900 | 0.5005 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 19 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 91300 | 0.835 | 6,528 | 1475 | 0.3654 | |
| 19 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.603 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 21 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 15600 | 26900 | 0.4197 | 2,476 | 930 | 0.9641 | |
| 22 | Western Michigan University | 15700 | 26500 | 0.4079 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 23 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16100 | 31000 | 0.4803 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 24 | California State University-Long Beach | 16300 | 25800 | 0.3683 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 24 | Tennessee State University | 16300 | 39200 | 0.5836 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7011 | |
| 24 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 16300 | 26200 | 0.3768 | 21,118 | 980 | 0.9992 | |
| 24 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 28 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16400 | 23400 | 0.2995 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 29 | University of North Texas | 16500 | 26200 | 0.3709 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 30 | Morehead State University | 16700 | 28000 | 0.4033 | 8,258 | 1140 | 0.7721 | |
| 31 | West Virginia University | 17300 | 40900 | 0.5767 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 32 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 33 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 37700 | 0.5256 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 34 | Delaware State University | 18000 | 42200 | 0.5729 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 35 | Angelo State University | 18300 | 35400 | 0.4818 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 35 | Bridgewater State University | 18300 | 25400 | 0.2793 | 8,270 | 1180 | 0.8781 | |
| 37 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18600 | 39000 | 0.5225 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 38 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 18800 | 34100 | 0.4492 | 4,213 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 39 | Tuskegee University | 19300 | 42100 | 0.5422 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 40 | Southeast Missouri State University | 19700 | 30600 | 0.3573 | 7,926 | 945 | 0.7352 | |
| 40 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19700 | 78700 | 0.7498 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 42 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19900 | 38000 | 0.4764 | 19,586 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 42 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.1786 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 42 | University of Arizona | 19900 | 30900 | 0.3566 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 45 | Wichita State University | 20000 | 29800 | 0.3282 | 13,313 | 1073 | 0.9395 | |
| 46 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 20100 | 30400 | 0.3385 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 46 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45200 | 0.5559 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 48 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20300 | 23200 | 0.125 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 49 | University of Southern California | 20400 | 75900 | 0.7316 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 50 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20600 | 31900 | 0.3548 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 51 | University of Memphis | 21200 | 26400 | 0.1973 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 52 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43000 | 0.4764 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 53 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 42000 | 0.4471 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 54 | San Jose State University | 23300 | 41100 | 0.4332 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 55 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24000 | 34400 | 0.3023 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 56 | University of Kansas | 24500 | 43000 | 0.4297 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 57 | Indiana State University | 24600 | 32400 | 0.2408 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 24700 | 34600 | 0.2861 | 4,526 | 0 | 0 | |
| 59 | Elizabeth City State University | 25200 | 28500 | 0.1157 | 2,154 | 1005 | 0.6422 | |
| 59 | Lewis University | 25200 | 57700 | 0.563 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7129 | |
| 61 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1143 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 62 | Clarkson University | 25500 | 78000 | 0.6732 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 63 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25800 | 38400 | 0.3285 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 64 | LeTourneau University | 26000 | 54200 | 0.5201 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 65 | Henderson State University | 26900 | 27200 | 0.011 | 1,461 | 990 | 0.8192 | |
| 66 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6713 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 67 | Kansas State University | 27400 | 30400 | 0.0996 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 68 | Middle Georgia State University | 27900 | 33400 | 0.1646 | 7,692 | 1065 | 0.9968 | |
| 69 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 69 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5933 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 71 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 31800 | 0.0849 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 72 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 29200 | 83600 | 0.6505 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 73 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29300 | 42400 | 0.3093 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 74 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 75 | Southern Utah University | 30200 | 40800 | 0.2599 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 76 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 30500 | 41800 | 0.2705 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 77 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30700 | 39200 | 0.2171 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 78 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30800 | 36900 | 0.166 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 79 | Siena Heights University | 31000 | 46300 | 0.3303 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 79 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0824 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 81 | The University of Alabama | 31100 | 55700 | 0.442 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 82 | San Diego State University | 31200 | 36100 | 0.1357 | 35,782 | 1208 | 0.3619 | |
| 83 | Hampton University | 31300 | 54800 | 0.4288 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 84 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4031 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 85 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 86 | Auburn University | 33800 | 33800 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 87 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 34000 | 75200 | 0.548 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 87 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 34000 | 37200 | 0.0881 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 89 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34300 | 36100 | 0.0498 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 90 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34600 | 44300 | 0.2188 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 91 | Andrews University | 35000 | 70100 | 0.5008 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 92 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 93 | Averett University | 35400 | 57200 | 0.3813 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 94 | Mississippi State University | 36200 | 50500 | 0.283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 95 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36700 | 47500 | 0.2275 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 95 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36700 | 38900 | 0.0586 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 97 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41700 | 46000 | 0.0934 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 98 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 9,853 | 990 | 0.6652 | |
| 99 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68600 | 0.3686 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 100 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 53600 | 0.1904 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 101 | University at Buffalo | 44100 | 46700 | 0.0557 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 102 | William Jessup University | 45700 | 54900 | 0.1677 | 1,317 | 1140 | 0.9333 | |
| 103 | Saint Louis University | 45900 | 80900 | 0.4324 | 10,413 | 1305 | 0.7504 | |
| 104 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46300 | 86300 | 0.4633 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 105 | University of California-San Diego | 46400 | 74600 | 0.3778 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 106 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott | 46600 | 63800 | 0.2706 | 3,229 | 1258 | 0.7658 | |
| 107 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 46700 | 55800 | 0.1631 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 108 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach | 47300 | 66500 | 0.2897 | 10,629 | 1268 | 0.6481 | |
| 109 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0543 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 110 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49600 | 59400 | 0.165 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 111 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 112 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 113 | Lynn University | 51500 | 66000 | 0.2197 | 2,861 | 1130 | 0.7347 | |
| 114 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1291 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 115 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 116 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61000 | 63200 | 0.0348 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.