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2022 Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

8 Ranked Colleges
331 Degrees Awarded
$36,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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” 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” ranking analyzed 8 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree aerospace engineering students.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in the Great Lakes Region

#1

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 #1 for the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 112 masters’s aerospace engineering degrees to qualified students.

Purdue also made our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue University - Main Campus are $28,794, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus

#2

University of Dayton

Dayton, Ohio
#8 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Dayton landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Dayton, Ohio, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 16 degrees to qualified masters’s aerospace engineering students in 2019-2020.

UDayton also took the #8 spot in our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Dayton are $17,780.

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#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Champaign, Illinois, this large public school handed out 35 degrees to qualified masters’s aerospace engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIUC, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. UC is a public institution located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 34 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UC also took the #7 spot in our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus are $26,644, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#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 list. Ohio State University - Main Campus is located in Columbus, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 masters’s aerospace engineering degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree aerospace engineering students list, Ohio State has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State are $37,141.

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#1 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a public institution located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 71 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U-M, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5 in overall quality

Case Western Reserve University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Case Western is located in Cleveland, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 masters’s aerospace engineering degrees to qualified students.

Case Western not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Case Western Reserve University are $47,958, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University

#8

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, Indiana
#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, University of Notre Dame did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit institution located in Notre Dame, Indiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Notre Dame also made our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Notre Dame are $57,522.

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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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