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

6 Ranked Colleges
111 Degrees Awarded
$40,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master's in the Middle Atlantic Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” 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.

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 111 aerospace and aeronautical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

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

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Located in Ithaca, New York, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 20 degrees to qualified masters’s aerospace engineering students in 2019-2020.

Cornell also took the #2 spot in our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Cornell are $30,042.

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#2

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University at Buffalo landed the #2 spot on the list. University at Buffalo is a public institution located in Buffalo, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 17 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University at Buffalo not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University at Buffalo are $26,028.

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#3

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’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. Located in College Park, Maryland, this large public school awarded 27 degrees to qualified masters’s aerospace engineering students in 2019-2020.

UMCP also made our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland - College Park are $30,885, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4

Pennsylvania State University - University Park

University Park, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pennsylvania State University - University Park. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Penn State University Park also made our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Pennsylvania State University - University Park are $38,728.

Read more about Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at Pennsylvania State University - University Park

#5

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johns Hopkins University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Johns Hopkins University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Baltimore, Maryland. The school has a large population, and it awarded 36 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins University are $59,425, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Johns Hopkins University Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Report

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’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 masters’s aerospace engineering degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region master’s degree aerospace engineering students list, RPI has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at RPI are $58,325, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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