| 2016年USNEWS美国大学研究生最佳航天与航空工程专业排名 |
| 排名 | 学校 | 地理位置 | 得分 | 学费 | 总人数 |
| #1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | 4.9 | $44,720 per year (full-time) | 3,143 |
| #2Tie | California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | 4.7 | $41,790 per year (full-time) | 537 |
| #2Tie | Stanford University | Stanford, CA | 4.7 | $47,073 per year (full-time) | 3,558 |
| #4 | University of Michigan—Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor, MI | 4.6 | $43,024per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,212 |
| $22,868 per year (in-state, full-time); |
| #5 | Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA | 4.4 | $27,600per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 6,136 |
| $12,344 per year (in-state, full-time); |
| #6 | Purdue University—West Lafayette | West Lafayette, IN | 4.3 | $29,134per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,409 |
| $10,322 per year (in-state, full-time); |
| #7 | University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign | Urbana, IL | 4.1 | $30,848per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,316 |
| $17,126 per year (in-state, full-time); |
| #8Tie | Texas A&M University—College Station (Look) | College Station, TX | 4.0 | $581 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,379 |
| $227 per credit (in-state, full-time); |
| #8Tie | University of Texas—Austin (Cockrell) | Austin, TX | 4.0 | $9,564 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,506 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,374 |
| #10 | University of Colorado—Boulder | Boulder, CO | 3.9 | $29,607per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,663 |
| $13,260 per year (in-state, full-time); |
| #11Tie | Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | 3.8 | $29,500 per year (full-time) | 1,966 |
| #11Tie | Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | 3.8 | $41,820 per year (full-time) | 583 |
| #11Tie | University of Maryland—College Park (Clark) | College Park, MD | 3.8 | $25,960per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,217 |
| $12,040 per year (in-state, full-time); |
| #11Tie | Virginia Tech | Blacksburg, VA | 3.8 | $26,754per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,045 |
| $14,545 per year (in-state, full-time); |
| #15 | University of California—Los Angeles (Samueli) | Los Angeles, CA | 3.7 | $27,673per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,928 |
| $12,571 per year (in-state, full-time); |
| #16 | Pennsylvania State University—University Park | University Park, PA | 3.6 | $33,386per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,652 |
| $19,882 per year (in-state, full-time); |
| #17 | University of Minnesota—Twin Cities | Minneapolis, MN | 3.5 | $23,680per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,867 |
| $15,458 per year (in-state, full-time); |
| #18 | University of California—San Diego (Jacobs) | La Jolla, CA | 3.4 | $26,322per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,862 |
| $11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); |
| #19 | University of Washington | Seattle, WA | 3.3 | $28,425per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,188 |
| $15,951 per year (in-state, full-time); |
| #20Tie | University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN | 3.2 | $45,610 per year (full-time) | 508 |
| #20Tie | University of Southern California (Viterbi) | Los Angeles, CA | 3.2 | $32,747 per year (full-time) | 5,142 |
| #22 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Troy, NY | 3.1 | $46,700 per year (full-time) | 733 |
| #23Tie | Arizona State University (Fulton) | Tempe, AZ | 3.0 | $26,044per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,694 |
| $10,610 per year (in-state, full-time); |
| #23Tie | Iowa State University | Ames, IA | 3.0 | $21,986 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,266 |
| $9,210 per year (in-state, full-time); |
| #23Tie | Ohio State University | Columbus, OH | 3.0 | $30,472per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,801 |
| $11,928 per year (in-state, full-time); |
| #26Tie | University of California—Davis | Davis, CA | 2.9 | $28,211per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,159 |
| $13,109 per year (in-state, full-time); |
| #26Tie | University of Florida | Gainesville, FL | 2.9 | $30,075per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,484 |
| $12,682 per year (in-state, full-time); |
| #28Tie | Air Force Institute of Technology | Wright Patterson AFB, OH | 2.8 | N/A | N/A |
| #28Tie | North Carolina State University | Raleigh, NC | 2.8 | $21,311 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,159 |
| $7,623 per year (in-state, full-time); |
| #28Tie | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey—New Brunswick | Piscataway, NJ | 2.8 | $26,736per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,229 |
| $15,888 per year (in-state, full-time); |
| #28Tie | University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ | 2.8 | $27,700per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,133 |
| $10,718 per year (in-state, full-time); |
| #28Tie | University of California—Irvine (Samueli) | Irvine, CA | 2.8 | $29,396per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,490 |
| $14,294 per year (in-state, full-time); |
| #28Tie | University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | 2.8 | $24,108per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 646 |
| $14,784 per year (in-state, full-time); |
| #34 | Case Western Reserve University | Cleveland, OH | 2.7 | $39,842 per year (full-time) | 617 |
| #35 | Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour) | Chicago, IL | 2.6 | $1,250 per credit (full-time) | 1,704 |
| #36Tie | University of Alabama—Huntsville | Huntsville, AL | 2.5 | $21,232 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 715 |
| $9,180 per year (in-state, full-time); |
| #36Tie | University of Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | 2.5 | $24,532per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 840 |
| $12,790 per year (in-state, full-time); |
| #36Tie | University of Kansas | Lawrence, KS | 2.5 | $849 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 680 |
| $363 per credit (in-state, full-time); |
| #39Tie | Auburn University (Ginn) | Auburn University, AL | 2.4 | $25,758 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 917 |
| $8,586 per year (in-state, full-time); |
| #39Tie | George Washington University | Washington, DC | 2.4 | $1,490 per credit (full-time) | 1,614 |
| #39Tie | Syracuse University | Syracuse, NY | 2.4 | $40,380 per year (full-time) | 1,174 |
| #39Tie | University at Buffalo—SUNY | Buffalo, NY | 2.4 | $20,190per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,923 |
| $10,370 per year (in-state, full-time); |
| #43Tie | Boston University | Boston, MA | 2.3 | $45,686 per year (full-time) | 958 |
| #43Tie | Mississippi State University (Bagley) | Mississippi State, MS | 2.3 | $18,478 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 588 |
| $7,140 per year (in-state, full-time); |
| #43Tie | Missouri University of Science & Technology | Rolla, MO | 2.3 | $18,230 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,333 |
| $6,763 per year (in-state, full-time); |
| #43Tie | University of Tennessee—Knoxville | Knoxville, TN | 2.3 | $30,050per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 996 |
| $11,602 per year (in-state, full-time); |
| #43Tie | University of Texas—Arlington | Arlington, TX | 2.3 | $15,808 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,646 |
| $8,558 per year (in-state, full-time); |
| #43Tie | Washington University in St. Louis | St. Louis, MO | 2.3 | $45,700 per year (full-time) | 976 |
| #43Tie | Wichita State University | Wichita, KS | 2.3 | $649 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 891 |
| $264 per credit (in-state, full-time); |
| #50Tie | Oklahoma State University | Stillwater, OK | 2.2 | $765 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 878 |
| $187 per credit (in-state, full-time); |
| #50Tie | University of Dayton | Dayton, OH | 2.2 | $923 per credit (full-time) | 845 |
| #50Tie | University of Houston (Cullen) | Houston, TX | 2.2 | $921 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,437 |
| $459 per credit (in-state, full-time); |
| #53Tie | University of Alabama | Tuscaloosa, AL | 2.1 | $24,950 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 348 |
| $9,826 per year (in-state, full-time); |
| #53Tie | University of Oklahoma | Norman, OK | 2.1 | $707 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 630 |
| $183 per credit (in-state, full-time); |
| #53Tie | West Virginia University | Morgantown, WV | 2.1 | $22,128 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 689 |
| $8,112 per year (in-state, full-time); |
| #56 | New Mexico State University | Las Cruces, NM | 2.0 | $13,838 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 545 |
| $3,969 per year (in-state, full-time); |