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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Air Traffic Controller (Income $48-$75k)

4 Ranked Colleges
75 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 262 people earned their degree in air traffic controller, making the major the 732nd most popular in the United States.

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 $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the air traffic controller program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Air Traffic Controller (Income $48-$75k)

#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 $48-$75k. This fairly large school is located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s air traffic controller degrees in 2019-2020.

UND did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Air Traffic Controller Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for UND is $15,109 for bachelor’s degree air traffic controller students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Air Traffic Controller at UND

#2

Lewis University

Romeoville, Illinois
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lewis University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k. Lewis University 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.

Lewis also made our “Best Air Traffic Controller Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $16,489 for bachelor’s degree air traffic controller students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Lewis University.

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%.

Full Lewis University Air Traffic Controller Report

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach landed the #3 spot on the list. Daytona Beach, Florida is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s air traffic controller degrees to 35 students in 2019-2020.

Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach also made our “Best Air Traffic Controller Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $32,967 for bachelor’s degree air traffic controller students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach Air Traffic Controller Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. Prescott, Arizona is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s air traffic controller degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

Embry-Riddle Prescott also took the #2 spot in our “Best Air Traffic Controller Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott is $35,323 for Bachelor’s Degree Air Traffic Controller students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Air Traffic Controller at Embry-Riddle Prescott

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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