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Aerospace Engineering

The National Research Council assessed programs according to 21 different criteria. Here are the NRC’s five major ratings summarizing those criteria. For a detailed explanation, see our FAQ.

S-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they are strong in the criteria that scholars say are most important.
Research: Derived from faculty publications, citation rates, grants, and awards.
Students: Derived from students’ completion rates, financial aid, and other criteria.
Diversity: Reflects gender balance, ethnic diversity, and the proportion of international students.
R-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they have similar features to programs viewed by faculty as top-notch.

Institution, program	S-Rank High	S-Rank Low	Research High	Research Low	Students High	Students Low	Diversity High	Diversity Low	R-Rank High	R-Rank Low
Auburn U. Aerospace Engineering	21	30	22	31	1	9	13	24	27	31
California Institute of Technology Aeronautics	1	1	1	2	1	3	16	25	2	7
Cornell U. Aerospace Engineering	5	14	3	12	13	24	12	22	10	23
Georgia Institute of Technology Aerospace Engineering	5	12	6	22	10	17	4	10	3	12
Iowa State U. Aerospace Engineering	24	31	22	31	21	27	4	13	27	31
Massachu- setts Institute of Technology Aeronautics and Astronautics	7	16	8	23	10	18	1	3	2	5
North Carolina State U. Aerospace Engineering	17	29	12	28	14	24	24	28	13	25
Ohio State U. Main Campus Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering	19	31	26	31	29	31	7	20	19	28
Old Dominion U. Aerospace Engineering	21	30	19	31	10	25	13	24	25	30
Pennsyl- vania State U. Aerospace Engineering	9	19	7	22	19	23	4	11	7	21
Purdue U. Main Campus Aeronautics & Astronautics	7	16	8	23	4	11	7	14	6	16
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Aeronautical Engineering	20	30	6	22	29	31	31	31	10	24
Stanford U. Aeronautics and Astronautics	2	3	1	3	24	27	17	26	1	1
Texas A&M U. Aerospace Engineering	5	13	7	21	6	15	3	12	11	24
U. at Buffalo (SUNY) Aerospace Engineering	12	22	20	31	1	5	20	28	9	22
U. of Arizona Aerospace Engineering	20	29	20	29	2	13	18	27	28	31
U. of California at Los Angeles Aerospace Engineering	15	27	5	19	28	30	11	20	6	17
U. of Cincinnati Main Campus Aerospace Engineering	18	27	20	30	15	23	1	5	20	27
U. of Colorado at Boulder Aerospace Engineering Sciences	4	12	4	16	10	17	16	26	2	6
U. of Florida Aerospace Engineering	11	21	6	22	24	27	1	6	9	22
U. of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Aerospace Engineering	6	15	8	23	12	22	11	21	12	25
U. of Kansas Aerospace Engineering	29	31	22	31	28	31	17	27	26	31
U. of Maryland at College Park Aerospace Engineering	4	11	5	18	2	9	2	7	5	15
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Aerospace Engineering	2	5	3	8	6	12	4	12	2	9
U. of Minnesota- Twin Cities Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics	3	7	2	5	2	7	8	17	4	15
U. of Notre Dame Aerospace Engineering	11	22	6	22	5	13	28	30	9	22
U. of Southern California Aerospace Engineering	18	26	17	28	5	14	11	19	18	26
U. of Texas at Austin Aerospace Engineering	15	26	8	24	23	26	27	30	6	17
U. of Washing- ton Aeronautics and Astronautics	10	21	6	22	17	24	27	29	12	24
Virginia Tech Aerospace Engineering	8	18	10	26	11	19	17	24	8	21
Wright State U. Main Campus Engineering	16	28	8	26	12	20	5	15	18	27
Methodology: This interactive tool is based on rankings developed by the NRC. For a complete explanation of the methods the research council used, go to its site; registration may be required.

Doctoral Programs by the Numbers

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Aerospace Engineering