2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 31 aerospace and aeronautical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the aerospace and aeronautical engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for an Associate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree aerospace engineering students.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering

#1

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide

Daytona Beach, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$20,333 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Daytona Beach, Florida, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 31 diplomas to qualified associates’s aerospace engineering students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree aerospace engineering students list, Embry-Riddle Worldwide has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide is $20,333 for associate degree aerospace engineering students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide

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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