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2022 Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

9 Ranked Colleges
331 Degrees Awarded
$36,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering is the 109th most popular major in the country with 7,582 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,163 aerospace and aeronautical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 331 aerospace and aeronautical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in aerospace and aeronautical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality aerospace and aeronautical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the aerospace and aeronautical engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree aerospace engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #1 spot on the list. U-M is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 71 masters’s aerospace engineering degrees to qualified students.

U-M did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548.

Read full report on Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k. West Lafayette, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s aerospace engineering degrees to 112 students in 2019-2020.

Purdue did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue are $28,794, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Purdue University - Main Campus Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Report

#3

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, Indiana
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Notre Dame. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k. University of Notre Dame is a fairly large school located in Notre Dame, Indiana that handed out 12 masters’s aerospace engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Notre Dame, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Notre Dame are $57,522, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Notre Dame Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #4 spot on the list. Champaign, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s aerospace engineering degrees to 35 students in 2019-2020.

UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083.

Full UIUC Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Report

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Ohio State University - Main Campus is a large school located in Columbus, Ohio that handed out 16 masters’s aerospace engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Ohio State also made our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State University - Main Campus are $37,141, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at Ohio State University - Main Campus

#5 in overall quality

Case Western Reserve University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Cleveland, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s aerospace engineering degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Case Western, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Case Western are $47,958, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Case Western Reserve University Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Report

#7 in overall quality

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a large school located in Cincinnati, Ohio that handed out 34 masters’s aerospace engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UC also made our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #7. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus are $26,644.

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#8

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan

Western Michigan University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Kalamazoo, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s aerospace engineering degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

WMU also made our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at WMU are $31,355, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at Western Michigan University

#9

University of Dayton

Dayton, Ohio
#8 in overall quality

University of Dayton did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #9. University of Dayton is located in Dayton, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 masters’s aerospace engineering degrees to qualified students.

UDayton not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UDayton are $17,780, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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