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2023 Best Value Aeronautical Engineering Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$9,634 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$72,305 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 181 degrees and certificates were awarded to aerospace and aeronautical engineering students who went to a Iowa college or university. This makes it the #64 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Aeronautical Engineering Schools in Iowa ranking.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Colleges.

Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering School

$9,634 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Iowa State University to be the best value school for aerospace and aeronautical engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Iowa. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the city of Ames.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Iowa State are $9,634 per year. On average, aerospace engineering graduates from Iowa State take out $26,267 in student loans while working on their degree. For students who choose a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly student loan payment is $306.

Iowa State also made our Best Aeronautical Engineering Schools in Iowa list, coming in at #4.

Full Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at Iowa State University Report

Best Value Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 142
Minnesota 110
Kansas 158

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 values are for the top school 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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