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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region

6 Ranked Colleges
542 Degrees Awarded
$26,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.

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 the Middle Atlantic region, there were 693 aerospace and aeronautical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,440 and $25,730 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 542 aerospace and aeronautical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in aerospace and aeronautical engineering. 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.

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Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree aerospace engineering students.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Buffalo. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Buffalo, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s aerospace engineering degrees to 101 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree aerospace engineering students list, University at Buffalo has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $18,194 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree aerospace engineering students per year to attend University at Buffalo.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at University at Buffalo

#2

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. This large school is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and it awarded 55 bachelors’s aerospace engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick also made our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Rutgers University - New Brunswick is $21,654 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree aerospace engineering students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Rutgers University - New Brunswick Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Report

#3

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #3 spot on the list. College Park, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s aerospace engineering degrees to 145 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMCP, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Maryland - College Park is $19,045 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree aerospace engineering students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.

Full UMCP Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Report

#4

Clarkson University

Potsdam, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clarkson University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Potsdam, New York, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 34 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s aerospace engineering students in 2019-2020.

Clarkson also made our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Clarkson is $29,015 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Aerospace Engineering students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at Clarkson

#5

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Syracuse University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Syracuse University is located in Syracuse, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 27 bachelors’s aerospace engineering degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree aerospace engineering students list, Syracuse has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Syracuse is $34,482 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree aerospace engineering students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at Syracuse University

With a ranking of #6, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Troy, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s aerospace engineering degrees to 101 students in 2019-2020.

RPI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $35,464 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Aerospace Engineering students per year to attend RPI.

The student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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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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