2022 Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 7,582 people earned their degree in aerospace and aeronautical engineering, making the major the 101st most popular in the United States. 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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 465 aerospace and aeronautical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $80,700 and $24,659 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 147 aerospace and aeronautical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 2 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.

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 Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

Utah State University

Logan, Utah

#2 in overall quality

$22,598 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Logan, Utah, this large public school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified masters’s aerospace engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Utah State University are $22,598, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full USU Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Report

#2

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$32,980 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$88,416 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Aerospace Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #2 spot on the list. Boulder, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s aerospace engineering degrees to 134 students in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder also took the #1 spot in our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Boulder are $32,980, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at CU - Boulder

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering

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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