2024 Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Schools in Indiana

If you plan on majoring in aerospace & aeronautical engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #94 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Schools in Indiana ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 454 degrees in aerospace & aeronautical engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Pick Your Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Degree Level

The aerospace engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Schools in Indiana. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in Indiana

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the aerospace engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Indiana Schools in Aerospace Engineering

1

Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

426 Aerospace Engineering Degrees Awarded

3.8% Growth in Graduates

Purdue University - Main Campus is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering. Purdue is a fairly large public university located in the city of West Lafayette.

Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering degree recipients from Purdue University - Main Campus get an earnings boost of approximately $2,897 above the typical income of aerospace & aeronautical engineering graduates.

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2

University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

$68,525 Median Starting Salary

$21,000 Median Student Debt

Every student pursuing a degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering has to check out University of Notre Dame. Located in the suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.

Students who graduate with their degree from the aerospace engineering program report average early career income of $68,525.

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Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	322	285
Ohio	314	312
Illinois	304	185

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Rankings in Majors Related to Aerospace Engineering

Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Aerospace Engineering Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	454

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Majors Similar to Aerospace Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	1,336
Electrical Engineering	730
Civil Engineering	487
Computer Engineering	470
Industrial Engineering	416
Chemical Engineering	381
Biomedical Engineering	282
General Engineering	276
Agricultural Engineering	125
Other Engineering	107

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
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