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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

8 Ranked Colleges
258 Degrees Awarded
$17,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

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 General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 4,312 people earned their degree in general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology, making the major the 171st most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 343 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 258 general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Purdue University - Main Campus is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 44 bachelors’s general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology degrees to qualified students.

Purdue did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Purdue is $13,986 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science & technology students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #2 spot on the list. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a public institution located in Carbondale, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SIUC also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $16,945 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology students with aid per year to attend SIUC.

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#3

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, Indiana
#8 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Indiana State University is located in Terre Haute, Indiana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 38 bachelors’s general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology degrees to qualified students.

Indiana State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $13,896 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science & technology students with aid per year to attend Indiana State.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Columbus, Ohio 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 19 students in 2019-2020.

Ohio State 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 Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Ohio State University - Main Campus is $17,616 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#5

Lewis University

Romeoville, Illinois
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Lewis University landed the #5 spot on the list. Romeoville, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science & technology students with aid list, Lewis has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Lewis is $18,664 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.

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#7 in overall quality

Bowling Green State University - Main Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Bowling Green State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Bowling Green, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

BGSU also took the #7 spot in our “Best General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $18,394 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science & technology students with aid per year to attend Bowling Green State University - Main Campus.

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#6 in overall quality

Kent State University at Kent landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Kent State University at Kent is a large school located in Kent, Ohio that handed out 68 bachelors’s general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology degrees in 2019-2020.

Kent State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $18,885 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology students with aid per year to attend Kent State.

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#5 in overall quality

Ohio University - Athens Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Ohio University - Athens Campus is a large school located in Athens, Ohio that handed out 8 bachelors’s general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology degrees in 2019-2020.

OHIO Athens did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Ohio University - Athens Campus is $22,906 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science & technology students with aid.

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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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