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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in Illinois

1 Ranked Colleges
9 Degrees Awarded
$30,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering is the 101st most popular major in the country with 7,582 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, aerospace and aeronautical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $65,466 and had an average of $23,943 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 165 aerospace and aeronautical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,200 and $21,500 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 aerospace and aeronautical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,900 and $148,219 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent aerospace and aeronautical engineering programs, but they also cost less that 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in Illinois

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Champaign, Illinois, this large public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s aerospace engineering students in 2019-2020.

UIUC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at UIUC

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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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