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Best Colleges for Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical Engineering

Ranked by 5-year median salary · Bachelor's degree · 24 institutions with data

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# Institution State Year 1 Year 5 Median Year 10 PP Adjusted
1 University of Colorado Boulder CO $84,056 $111,066 $133,242 $105,676
2 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL $79,518 $105,543 $137,871 $114,971
3 University of Michigan MI $70,495 $105,449 $130,836 $115,245
4 Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University VA $78,941 $104,947 $130,093 $102,387
5 Georgia Institute of Technology GA $79,088 $104,210 $130,236 $115,149
6 University of Texas at Austin TX $78,603 $103,863 $131,768 $112,772
7 University of Virginia VA $79,284 $103,464 $141,620 $100,940
8 Pennsylvania State University (The) PA $76,607 $102,941 $127,903 $104,935
9 University of Texas at Arlington TX $77,402 $101,878 $122,578 $110,617
10 Arizona State University AZ $70,841 $101,595 $129,123 $95,394
11 Purdue University IN $75,006 $100,846 $126,962 $111,555
12 Oklahoma State University OK $79,255 $100,794 $112,107 $116,930
13 Texas A&M University TX $74,092 $100,560 $127,457 $109,186
14 University of Arizona (The) AZ $78,686 $100,313 $120,677 $94,191
15 Iowa State University of Science & Technology IA $76,184 $99,790 $123,391 $111,872
16 University of Alabama AL $76,015 $99,246 $129,123 $112,524
17 North Carolina State University NC $72,273 $98,373 $124,316 $100,586
18 University of Alabama in Huntsville AL $70,489 $96,946 $109,916
19 Missouri University of Science and Technology MO $74,628 $96,553 $122,470 $108,243
20 University of Cincinnati OH $77,297 $96,528 $120,541 $107,134

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Data sources: US Census Bureau Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO). Cost-of-living index: BLS Regional CPI & MIT Living Wage Project. Cost of attendance: IPEDS. For informational use only; data may be suppressed for small cohort sizes.