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2022 Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
415 Degrees Awarded
$21,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest 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 General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

This year’s “Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered 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.

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 general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology program at the school. 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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology in the Southwest Region

#2 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 that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Denton, Texas, this large public school awarded 24 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology students in 2019-2020.

UNT also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of North Texas is $15,086 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology students.

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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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. OSU is a public institution located in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 102 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend OSU is $14,648 for southwest region bachelor’s degree general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science & technology students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region 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 also made our “Best General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is $21,145 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology students.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Full University of Oklahoma General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Report

#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. Longview, Texas 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 34 students in 2019-2020.

LETU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $23,196 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology students per year to attend LETU.

Full LeTourneau University General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Report

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. This small school is located in Prescott, Arizona, and it awarded 107 bachelors’s general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology degrees in 2019-2020.

Embry-Riddle Prescott also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $35,396 for southwest region bachelor’s degree general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science & technology students per year to attend Embry-Riddle Prescott.

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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