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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 | 4,124 | 1344 | 0.1393 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,465 | 1302 | 0.0936 | |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7500 | 90000 | 0.9171 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 4 | Dallas College | 8000 | 19000 | 0.578 | 125,613 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | Austin Community College District | 8300 | 21500 | 0.6125 | 35,600 | 0 | 0.4666 | |
| 6 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9700 | 36900 | 0.7373 | 3,207 | 1060 | 0.8034 | |
| 7 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38500 | 0.7358 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 8 | University of Notre Dame | 11100 | 86200 | 0.8717 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 9 | Utah State University | 11500 | 28500 | 0.5964 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 10 | Wichita State University | 11700 | 29800 | 0.6086 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 11 | Tennessee State University | 11800 | 48200 | 0.7544 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11900 | 48200 | 0.7536 | 20,609 | 990 | 0.999 | |
| 12 | University of California-San Diego | 11900 | 39700 | 0.7001 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 14 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 15 | Southern Utah University | 12700 | 44000 | 0.7109 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 16 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 12800 | 26100 | 0.509 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 16 | Indiana State University | 12800 | 25900 | 0.5066 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 18 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13100 | 38800 | 0.6616 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 19 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13200 | 23400 | 0.4364 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 20 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13300 | 54500 | 0.7559 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 20 | West Virginia University | 13300 | 57700 | 0.7693 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 22 | Delta State University | 14000 | 23200 | 0.3971 | 1,876 | 1040 | 1 | |
| 23 | Stanford University | 14700 | 71200 | 0.7934 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 24 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 14800 | 25700 | 0.4236 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 25 | Southeast Missouri State University | 14900 | 28200 | 0.4724 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 26 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 83100 | 0.8181 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 26 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15100 | 28000 | 0.4604 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 28 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 36300 | 0.5811 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 29 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | 15600 | 45200 | 0.6543 | 2,233 | 930 | 0.9036 | |
| 30 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 15700 | 22400 | 0.2987 | 4,214 | 1090 | 0.8949 | |
| 30 | University of North Texas | 15700 | 25800 | 0.392 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 32 | Delaware State University | 16000 | 46500 | 0.656 | 4,941 | 985 | 0.6167 | |
| 32 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 16000 | 46800 | 0.6586 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 32 | University of Memphis | 16000 | 26400 | 0.3947 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 35 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 36 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 37 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5705 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 38 | Bridgewater State University | 17700 | 34800 | 0.4902 | 8,172 | 1135 | 0.8919 | |
| 38 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 40 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18300 | 27800 | 0.341 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 41 | Florida Memorial University | 18800 | 44900 | 0.5814 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 42 | Middle Georgia State University | 19000 | 46300 | 0.5892 | 7,485 | 1045 | 0.9977 | |
| 42 | University of Arizona | 19000 | 30900 | 0.3857 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 44 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19100 | 30600 | 0.3758 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 45 | Eastern Kentucky University | 19400 | 34400 | 0.4355 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 46 | Tuskegee University | 19500 | 42100 | 0.5374 | 2,400 | 1113 | 0.3143 | |
| 47 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19600 | 59200 | 0.6694 | 19,354 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 48 | San Diego State University | 19900 | 28900 | 0.3115 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 49 | Western Michigan University | 20000 | 32500 | 0.3851 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 50 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 51 | University of Southern California | 20300 | 75800 | 0.7325 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 52 | Henderson State University | 20400 | 37500 | 0.4564 | 1,493 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 53 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2261 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 53 | The University of Texas at Austin | 20500 | 27700 | 0.2583 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 55 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1838 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 56 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 57 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20900 | 34400 | 0.3924 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 57 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 59 | Angelo State University | 21000 | 23100 | 0.0923 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 60 | Averett University | 22100 | 57200 | 0.614 | 1,180 | 1070 | 0.478 | |
| 61 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.4795 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 62 | San Jose State University | 22600 | 41100 | 0.4502 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 63 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23300 | 35000 | 0.3343 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 64 | The University of Alabama | 23600 | 31000 | 0.2385 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 65 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 24000 | 26400 | 0.0902 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 66 | LeTourneau University | 24200 | 54200 | 0.5533 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 67 | Elizabeth City State University | 24400 | 28500 | 0.1438 | 2,131 | 940 | 0.6461 | |
| 68 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 25100 | 56100 | 0.5523 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 69 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 70 | Lewis University | 25600 | 57700 | 0.5561 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 71 | University of Kansas | 25700 | 44000 | 0.4162 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 72 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 26300 | 34600 | 0.2398 | 4,264 | 1130 | 0.7423 | |
| 73 | Fairmont State University | 27300 | 32200 | 0.1522 | 3,060 | 975 | 0.9924 | |
| 73 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6714 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 75 | Clarkson University | 27800 | 78000 | 0.6437 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 76 | Morehead State University | 28000 | 32600 | 0.141 | 8,258 | 1140 | 0.7721 | |
| 77 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 77 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.592 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 79 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 33200 | 0.1234 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 80 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 29400 | 82600 | 0.6443 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 81 | Kansas State University | 29700 | 41600 | 0.2862 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 82 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 83 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 30500 | 41900 | 0.272 | 6,800 | 1245 | 0.6857 | |
| 84 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31000 | 36900 | 0.162 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 85 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 85 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3272 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 85 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0781 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 88 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 31500 | 62800 | 0.4981 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 89 | Liberty University | 31900 | 44300 | 0.2799 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 90 | Hampton University | 32200 | 62400 | 0.4836 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 91 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 32400 | 75200 | 0.5693 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 92 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 93 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 94 | Southern New Hampshire University | 33000 | 52800 | 0.3751 | 2,615 | 965 | 0.8443 | |
| 95 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 34100 | 37200 | 0.0842 | 12,897 | 1160 | 0.9133 | |
| 96 | Andrews University | 35800 | 62100 | 0.4235 | 1,312 | 1196 | 0.874 | |
| 97 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 98 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0548 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 99 | California State University-Long Beach | 37700 | 38600 | 0.0233 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 100 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 100 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66500 | 0.4283 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 102 | Saint Louis University | 40000 | 80900 | 0.5053 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 103 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3665 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 104 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 105 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86200 | 0.4639 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 106 | William Jessup University | 46300 | 56700 | 0.1833 | 1,056 | 1178 | 0.7682 | |
| 107 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott | 46700 | 63800 | 0.2684 | 3,229 | 1258 | 0.7658 | |
| 108 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 109 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach | 47400 | 66500 | 0.2875 | 7,886 | 1271 | 0.6481 | |
| 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 Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1267 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 113 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 114 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54000 | 56100 | 0.038 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 115 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 66100 | 0.121 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 116 | 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.