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Georgia Institute of Technology tops our list of 16 PhD Aerospace Engineering universities in the United States at #123 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. University of Kentucky (#182 in United States) and University of Tennessee, Knoxville (#184 in United States) complete the top three. Across the whole list there are 20 courses to choose from.
16 universities · ranked best first
how we rankPublic University · 2 courses in PhD Aerospace Engineering
Public University · 1 course in PhD Aerospace Engineering
Public University · 1 course in PhD Aerospace Engineering
Public University · 1 course in PhD Aerospace Engineering
Public University · 2 courses in PhD Aerospace Engineering
Public University · 1 course in PhD Aerospace Engineering
Public University · 1 course in PhD Aerospace Engineering
Public University · 2 courses in PhD Aerospace Engineering
Public University · 1 course in PhD Aerospace Engineering
Public University · 2 courses in PhD Aerospace Engineering
Public University · 1 course in PhD Aerospace Engineering
Public University · 1 course in PhD Aerospace Engineering
Public University · 1 course in PhD Aerospace Engineering
Public University · 1 course in PhD Aerospace Engineering
Public University · 1 course in PhD Aerospace Engineering
Public University · 1 course in PhD Aerospace Engineering
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Only one university here holds a QS World position — Georgia Institute of Technology at #123 — so it heads the list. Below them, universities follow their research output: Georgia Institute of Technology is cited most (18,523,273 citations). 2 universities have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
16 are public and 0 private (100% public). By location, Ohio (1) account for the most of those we can place. The oldest is University of Tennessee, Knoxville, founded in 1794. Georgia Institute of Technology is the largest, with 56,000 students.
The usual length is 4–6 years. 100% are full-time. Start dates lean to Fall (100% of courses with a stated intake). Georgia Institute of Technology offers the widest choice, with 2 of these courses.
Georgia Institute of Technology (QS World #123), University of Kentucky (#182 in United States) and University of Tennessee, Knoxville (#184 in United States) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
16 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 4–6 years.
Fall is the main intake — 100% of courses with a stated start date begin then.
Georgia Institute of Technology, with 2, ahead of University of Texas at Arlington (2).
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