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2022 Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

4 Ranked Colleges
75 Degrees Awarded
$21,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Air Traffic Controller is the 732nd most popular major in the country with 262 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 75 air traffic controller graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in air traffic controller. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality air traffic controller programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the air traffic controller program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Air Traffic Controller (Income $0-$30k)

#1

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Dakota. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. UND is a fairly large school located in Grand Forks, North Dakota that handed out 18 bachelors’s air traffic controller degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree air traffic controller students whose families make $0-$30k list, UND has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Air Traffic Controller Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UND is $11,092 for Bachelor’s Degree Air Traffic Controller students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%.

Full UND Air Traffic Controller Report

#2

Lewis University

Romeoville, Illinois
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lewis University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Lewis is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Romeoville, Illinois. It awarded 7 bachelors’s air traffic controller degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree air traffic controller students whose families make $0-$30k list, Lewis has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Air Traffic Controller Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Lewis University is $12,821 for Bachelor’s Degree Air Traffic Controller students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Air Traffic Controller at Lewis

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Daytona Beach, Florida, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 35 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s air traffic controller students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Air Traffic Controller Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $30,429 for Bachelor’s Degree Air Traffic Controller students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach.

The low student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.

Full Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach Air Traffic Controller Report

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Prescott, Arizona, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 14 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s air traffic controller students in 2019-2020.

Embry-Riddle Prescott also made our “Best Air Traffic Controller Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $31,082 for bachelor’s degree air traffic controller students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott.

The low student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.

Full Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott Air Traffic Controller Report

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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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