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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in New York (With Aid)

3 Ranked Colleges
13 Degrees Awarded
$38,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 New York For Those Getting Aid” 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 New York, there were 324 aerospace and aeronautical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,900 and $26,163 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 aerospace and aeronautical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,095 and $123,917 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in aerospace and aeronautical engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great aerospace and aeronautical engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the aerospace and aeronautical engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in New York (With Aid)

#1

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University at Buffalo landed the #1 spot on the list. University at Buffalo is a large school located in Buffalo, New York that handed out 3 doctorate’s aerospace engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

University at Buffalo did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University at Buffalo are $26,028, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at University at Buffalo

#2

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Getting Aid. Cornell University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Ithaca, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Cornell also made our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Cornell are $30,042.

Read more about Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at Cornell University

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute landed the #3 spot on the list. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a medium-sized school located in Troy, New York that handed out 6 doctorate’s aerospace engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

RPI also took the #2 spot in our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at RPI are $58,325.

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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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