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2023 Best Value Aeronautical Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$30,897 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$78,195 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering School for You

Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering is the #95 most popular major in the country with 8,001 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Check out the aerospace engineering programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Aeronautical Engineering

Our analysis found University of Colorado Boulder to be the best value school for aerospace and aeronautical engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . CU - Boulder is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Boulder.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CU - Boulder are $38,358 per year. The average amount in student loans that aerospace engineering majors at CU - Boulder take out is $23,257.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, CU - Boulder also did well on our Best Aeronautical Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at University of Colorado Boulder

Out of the 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Logan, USU is a public school with a very large student population.

USU undergraduate students pay an average of $23,435 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best aerospace and aeronautical engineering schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 463
Utah 8

Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Aerospace Engineering

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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