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2022 Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k

4 Ranked Colleges
75 Degrees Awarded
$27,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in air traffic controller. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great air traffic controller programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the air traffic controller program at the school. 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 $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Air Traffic Controller (Income $75-$110k)

#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 $75-$110k. University of North Dakota is a fairly large school located in Grand Forks, North Dakota that handed out 18 bachelors’s air traffic controller degrees in 2019-2020.

UND not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Air Traffic Controller Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of North Dakota is $17,409 for bachelor’s degree air traffic controller students whose families make $75-$110k.

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%.

Full UND Air Traffic Controller Report

#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 $75-$110k. Lewis is a medium-sized school located in Romeoville, Illinois that handed out 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. The estimated yearly cost for Lewis University is $21,123 for Bachelor’s Degree Air Traffic Controller students whose families make $75-$110k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.6% 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 Lewis University Air Traffic Controller Report

#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 $75-$110k. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach is a medium-sized school located in Daytona Beach, Florida that handed out 35 bachelors’s air traffic controller degrees 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. The estimated yearly cost for Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach is $36,720 for bachelor’s degree air traffic controller students whose families make $75-$110k.

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 Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach

#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 $75-$110k list. Embry-Riddle Prescott is a private not-for-profit institution located in Prescott, Arizona. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Embry-Riddle Prescott did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Air Traffic Controller Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Embry-Riddle Prescott is $35,342 for bachelor’s degree air traffic controller students whose families make $75-$110k.

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%.

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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