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2025 Best Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew Schools in the Southeast Region

5 Colleges in the Southeast Region
574 Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in airline/commercial/professional pilot & flight crew, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #343 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 5 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 574 degrees in airline/commercial/professional pilot & flight crew annually.

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Choosing a Great Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew School

Best Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew Schools in the Southeast Region Your choice of airline/commercial/professional pilot & flight crew school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for airline/commercial/professional pilot & flight crew schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew Rankings by Degree Level

Associate Degrees in Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew
Bachelor's Degrees in Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew Schools in the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew in the Southeast Region

The schools below may not offer all types of airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Southeast Region Schools in Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew

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Polk State College
Winter Haven, FL
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In FL
18.2% Growth in Graduates

It's hard to beat Polk State College if you want to pursue a degree in airline/commercial/professional pilot & flight crew. Located in the city of Winter Haven, Polk State is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 44th out of 70 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.

There were approximately 22 airline/commercial/professional pilot & flight crew students who graduated with this degree at Polk State in the most recent data year.

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Auburn University
Auburn, AL
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In AL
41 Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew Degrees Awarded

Auburn University is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in airline/commercial/professional pilot & flight crew. Auburn is a very large public university located in the city of Auburn. A Best Colleges rank of #169 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Auburn is a great university overall.

There were about 41 airline/commercial/professional pilot & flight crew students who graduated with this degree at Auburn in the most recent year we have data available.

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Enhance your Bachelor of Science in Operations Management with a concentration in Logistics and Transportation at Southern New Hampshire University.

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In LA
34 Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew Degrees Awarded

It is hard to beat Louisiana Tech University if you wish to pursue a degree in airline/commercial/professional pilot & flight crew. Louisiana Tech is a large public university located in the town of Ruston. This university ranks 11th out of 30 schools for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.

There were approximately 34 airline/commercial/professional pilot & flight crew students who graduated with this degree at Louisiana Tech in the most recent data year.

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Jacksonville University
Jacksonville, FL
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In FL

Every student pursuing a degree in airline/commercial/professional pilot & flight crew needs to look into Jacksonville University. Located in the large city of Jacksonville, JU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #840 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means JU is a great university overall.

There were roughly 22 airline/commercial/professional pilot & flight crew students who graduated with this degree at JU in the most recent data year.

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5
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MS
30.8% Growth in Graduates

Delta State University is a small public university located in the town of Cleveland. This university ranks 20th out of 24 schools for overall quality in the state of Mississippi.

There were approximately 13 airline/commercial/professional pilot & flight crew students who graduated with this degree at Delta State University in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew Colleges by State

Explore the best airline/commercial/professional pilot & flight crew schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Florida 715 130
North Carolina 710 48
Tennessee 624 0
Kentucky 518 0
Mississippi 501 9
Alabama 500 27
Louisiana 489 13
Arkansas 466 5

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One of 7 majors within the Air Transportation area of study, Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology 3,476
Aviation/Airway Management & Operations 827
Air Traffic Controller 60
Remote Aircraft Pilot 58
Flight Instructor 42
Other Air Transportation 6
Airline Flight Attendant 1

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