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

5 Ranked Colleges
269 Degrees Awarded
$18,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Plains States region, there were 303 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 269 general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States 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 Plains States Region.

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

#1

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Dakota. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. UND is a fairly large school located in Grand Forks, North Dakota that handed out 126 bachelors’s general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology degrees in 2019-2020.

UND also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UND is $15,738 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Minnesota State University - Mankato is a fairly large school located in Mankato, Minnesota that handed out 45 bachelors’s general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science & technology students list, Minnesota State Mankato has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $16,221 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology students per year to attend Minnesota State Mankato.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Minnesota State University - Mankato General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Report

#5 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 Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska at Omaha landed the #3 spot on the list. UNOMAHA is a fairly large school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 31 bachelors’s general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology degrees in 2019-2020.

UNOMAHA 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 Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Nebraska at Omaha is $14,040 for plains states region bachelor’s degree general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science & technology students.

Full University of Nebraska at Omaha General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Report

#4

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas
#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 Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Kansas State University is a large public school situated in Manhattan, Kansas. It awarded 30 bachelors’s general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology degrees in 2019-2020.

K -State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $18,285 for plains states region bachelor’s degree general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science & technology students per year to attend Kansas State University.

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

Read more about General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology at Kansas State University

#5

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Louis University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 31 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SLU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $28,188 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology students per year to attend Saint Louis University.

The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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 student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology at SLU

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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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