While majority of students in Pakistan prefer the fields of electrical or mechanical engineering, there are a few who prefer engineering in the field of aerospace and aeronautical engineering. Typically, in these graduate engineering programs students must learn and become adroit at the science of flight and operation for aircraft’s as well as space travel.
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Every year hundreds of graduating students for top aeronautical engineering institutes such as NUST, UET & PAF vie for a top graduate school in the U.S. Most of them don’t know which programs to apply at and what schools are well known in this area of engineering.
Top graduate aerospace engineering universities are scattered all over the U.S. and their tuition fee varies greatly. Good programs that specialize in aeronautical and related studies require strong academic performance, letters of recommendation from inspiring faculty and proficient scores in exams such as the GRE and TOEFL.
In order to help you guys chose the right program, I have compiled a list of top 25 aeronautical engineering universities in the U.S. that offer both Master’s and PhD. Programs in these fields.
Please note that Pakistani students who are not U.S. citizens will pay the out-of-state tuition fee.
University Name | Rank | Tuition Fee | Number of Graduate Students Admitted Every Year | GRE Scores Required |
California Institute of Technology | 1 | $38,084 per year (full-time) | 587 | Yes |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2 | $41,770 per year (full-time) | 3,163 | Yes |
Stanford University | 3 | $43,950 per year (full-time) | 3,548 | Yes |
University of Michigan—Ann Arbor | 4 | $22,518 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,914 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,184 | Yes |
Georgia Institute of Technology | 5 | $10,584 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,860 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 4,651 | Yes |
Purdue University—West Lafayette | 6 | $10,332 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,134 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,070 | Yes |
University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign | 7 | $16,352 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,618 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,975 | Yes |
University of Texas—Austin (Cockrell) | 8 | $9,564 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,506 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,425 | Yes |
Princeton University | 9 | $38,650 per year (full-time) | 574 | Yes |
Texas A&M University—College Station (Look) | 10 | $277 per credit (in-state, full-time); $577 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,918 | Yes |
Cornell University | 11 | $29,500 per year (full-time) | 1,768 | Yes |
University of Maryland—College Park (Clark) | 12 | $11,020 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,760 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,254 | Yes |
University of Minnesota—Twin Cities | 13 | $14,570 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,320 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,920 | Yes |
University of Colorado—Boulder | 14 | $12,726 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,602 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,613 | Yes |
Virginia Tech | 15 | $10,677 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,926 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,278 | Yes |
Pennsylvania State University—University Park | 16 | $18,672 per year (in-state, full-time); $31,512 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,863 | Yes |
University of California—Los Angeles (Samueli) | 17 | $12,562 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,664 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,776 | Yes |
University of California—San Diego (Jacobs) | 18 | $11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,614 | Yes |
University of Washington | 19 | $13,930 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,790 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,030 | Yes |
University of Notre Dame | 20 | $42,350 per year (full-time) | 501 | Yes |
Arizona State University (Fulton) | 21 | $10,001 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,549 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,692 | Yes |
Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour) | 22 | $1,119 per credit (full-time) | 1,450 | Yes |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 23 | $43,350 per year (full-time) | 831 | Yes |
University of Southern California (Viterbi) | 24 | $28,242 per year (full-time) | 4,398 | Yes |
Ohio State University | 25 | $11,704 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,016 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,738 | Yes |
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Do remember that a getting in one of these best aerospace & aeronautical engineering universities in US requires lot of hard work and dedication. They offer undergraduate, post graduate and Ph. D. degrees which will vary in duration. Specific commercial aircraft studies and spacecraft research studies are also offered in certain programs. Students can choose them based on individual requirement and pursue the course to successfully obtain a graduate degree. As a word of advice, do wide research to identify the best schools and sign up for the right one.