Aerospace / Aeronautical / Astronautical Engineering
Ranked in 2017, part of Best Engineering Schools
Students in these graduate engineering programs learn the science of flight, both for aircraft and spacecraft. These are the top engineering programs for aerospace / aeronautical / astronautical engineering. Each school's score reflects its average rating on a scale from 1 (marginal) to 5 (outstanding), based on a survey of academics at peer institutions.
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Average GRE quantitative score (master's and Ph.D. students) (new test)
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Engineering school research expenditures (2016 fiscal year)
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Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering
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Peer assessment score (out of 5)
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Ph.D.s granted
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Recruiter assessment score (out of 5)
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Research expenditures per faculty member (2016 fiscal year)
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#1
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Stanford University
Stanford, CA |
4.8 | $50,424 per year (full-time) | 3,675 | ||||||||
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#2Tie
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Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA |
4.7 | $13,452 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,872 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 8,850 | ||||||||
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#2Tie
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA |
4.7 | $48,140 per year (full-time) | 3,124 | ||||||||
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#4
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California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA |
4.6 | $45,846 per year (full-time) | 543 | ||||||||
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#5
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University of Michigan—Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI |
4.5 | $24,444 per year (in-state, full-time); $45,974 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,570 | ||||||||
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#6
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Purdue University—West Lafayette
West Lafayette, IN |
4.4 | $10,332 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,134 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,744 | ||||||||
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#7
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Texas A&M University—College Station
College Station, TX |
4.2 | $258 per credit (in-state, full-time); $681 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,469 | ||||||||
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#8
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University of Texas—Austin (Cockrell)
Austin, TX |
4.1 | $9,850 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,030 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,362 | ||||||||
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#9
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University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL |
4.0 | $17,834 per year (in-state, full-time); $32,628 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,806 | ||||||||
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#10Tie
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Princeton University
Princeton, NJ |
3.9 | $45,320 per year (full-time) | 615 | ||||||||
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University of Colorado—Boulder
Boulder, CO |
3.9 | $14,094 per year (in-state, full-time); $31,248 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,900 | ||||||||
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