2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Major in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 5,034 people earned their degree in general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology, making the major the 144th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 3,326 general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science & technology students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology in the Southeast Region

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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide
Daytona Beach, Florida

#13 overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide landed the #1 spot on the list. Embry-Riddle Worldwide is located in Daytona Beach, Florida and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 doctorate’s general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide

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Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, Florida

Top 15% overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Major in the Southeast Region list. Florida Institute of Technology is a medium-sized school located in Melbourne, Florida that handed out 4 doctorate’s general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Florida Institute of Technology General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Report

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.