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2022 Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

7 Ranked Colleges
141 Degrees Awarded
$13,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” 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 associate degree level specifically, there were 141 air traffic controller graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in air traffic controller. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent air traffic controller programs, but they also cost less that 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid.

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Air Traffic Controller (With Aid)

#1

Mt. San Antonio College

Walnut, California
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mt. San Antonio College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid. Located in Walnut, California, this large public school handed out 19 degrees to qualified associates’s air traffic controller students in 2019-2020.

Mt. SAC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Air Traffic Controller Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mt. SAC is $1,729 for associate degree air traffic controller students with aid.

Full Mt. San Antonio College Air Traffic Controller Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Community College of Baltimore County. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. CCBC is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 associates’s air traffic controller degrees to qualified students.

CCBC also made our “Best Air Traffic Controller Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $8,242 for associate degree air traffic controller students with aid per year to attend CCBC.

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#3

Aims Community College

Greeley, Colorado
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Aims Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid. Greeley, Colorado is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s air traffic controller degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Aims Community College, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Air Traffic Controller Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $8,386 for Associate Degree Air Traffic Controller students with aid per year to attend Aims Community College.

Read more about Air Traffic Controller at Aims Community College

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Anchorage. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. University of Alaska Anchorage is located in Anchorage, Alaska and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 associates’s air traffic controller degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our associate degree air traffic controller students with aid list, UAA has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Air Traffic Controller Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UAA is $12,995 for Associate Degree Air Traffic Controller students with aid.

Full University of Alaska Anchorage Air Traffic Controller Report

#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Middle Georgia State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Macon, Georgia, this medium-sized public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified associates’s air traffic controller students in 2019-2020.

Middle Georgia State University also made our “Best Air Traffic Controller Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $10,116 for associate degree air traffic controller students with aid per year to attend Middle Georgia State University.

Full Middle Georgia State University Air Traffic Controller Report

#6

Lewis University

Romeoville, Illinois
#3 in overall quality

Lewis University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. Lewis University is a medium-sized school located in Romeoville, Illinois that handed out 1 associates’s air traffic controller degrees in 2019-2020.

Lewis also made our “Best Air Traffic Controller Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $18,664 for Associate Degree Air Traffic Controller students with aid per year to attend Lewis.

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%.

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#7

Florida Institute of Technology

Melbourne, Florida
#2 in overall quality

Florida Institute of Technology ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. Melbourne, Florida is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s air traffic controller degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

Florida Tech also took the #2 spot in our “Best Air Traffic Controller Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Florida Tech is $31,097 for Associate Degree Air Traffic Controller students with aid.

Read full report on Air Traffic Controller at Florida Tech

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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