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2022 Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
415 Degrees Awarded
$17,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology is the 171st most popular major in the country with 4,312 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 446 general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 415 general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science & technology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Texas. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of North Texas is a large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 24 bachelors’s general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNT, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of North Texas is $8,521 for southwest region bachelor’s degree general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science & technology students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full UNT General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. OSU is a large public school situated in Stillwater, Oklahoma. It awarded 102 bachelors’s general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU also made our “Best General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is $8,669 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Norman, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology degrees to 47 students in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Oklahoma is $16,675 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. 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 more about General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology at University of Oklahoma

#4

LeTourneau University

Longview, Texas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend LeTourneau University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. LeTourneau University is located in Longview, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 34 bachelors’s general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology degrees to qualified students.

LETU also took the #5 spot in our “Best General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for LeTourneau University is $20,897 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full LETU General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Report

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott landed the #5 spot on the list. Prescott, Arizona is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology degrees to 107 students in 2019-2020.

Embry-Riddle Prescott also made our “Best General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Embry-Riddle Prescott is $31,082 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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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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