by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Air Transportation is a major offered under the transportation and materials moving program of study at Eastern Kentucky University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in air transport, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at Eastern was ranked #54 on College Factual's Best Schools for air transport list. It is also ranked #1 in Kentucky.
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Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at Eastern paid an average of $806 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $386 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $9,266 | $19,338 |
| Fees | $610 | $610 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,200 | $1,200 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $10,476 | $10,476 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $2,800 | $2,800 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at Eastern in Air Transport walked away with an average of $19,500 in student debt. That is 17% lower than the national average of $23,608.
The median early career salary of air transport students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Eastern is $42,682 per year. That is 6% higher than the national average of $40,205.
Online degrees for the Eastern air transport bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Eastern Online Learning page.
Women made up around 14.3% of the air transport students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 13.1%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in air transport at Eastern in 2019-2020, 19.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 26%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 2 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 17 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Air Transportation students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology | 21 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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