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2023 Best Value Aeronautical Engineering Schools in Massachusetts

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$55,705 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$84,940 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 215 degrees and certificates were awarded to aerospace and aeronautical engineering students who went to a Massachusetts college or university. This makes it the #113 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Aeronautical Engineering Schools in Massachusetts to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Massachusetts to see which programs offered the best value experiences for aerospace engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Schools in Massachusetts

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for aerospace engineering majors pursuing a .

Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality in Aeronautical Engineering

$55,878 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Massachusetts Institute of Technology to be the best value school for aerospace and aeronautical engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Massachusetts. Located in the city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MIT are $55,878 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, MIT is ranked #1 for overall quality for aerospace engineering in Massachusetts.

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$55,531 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a great value for aerospace and aeronautical engineering students. Located in the medium-sized city of Worcester, WPI is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WPI are $55,531 per year. After completing their degree, aerospace engineering graduates from WPI carry an average student debtload of $27,000.

In addition to its great value ranking, WPI is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Aeronautical Engineering Schools in Massachusetts list.

Read full report on Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Best Value Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 1

One of 40 majors within the area of study, aerospace and aeronautical engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Ian3055.

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