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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Air Traffic Controller

4 Ranked Colleges
75 Degrees Awarded
$26,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for a Bachelor's

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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” 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree air traffic controller students.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Air Traffic Controller

#1

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Dakota. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for a Bachelor’s list. UND is located in Grand Forks, North Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 bachelors’s air traffic controller degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UND, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Air Traffic Controller Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $15,738 for Bachelor’s Degree Air Traffic Controller students per year to attend University of North Dakota.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Air Traffic Controller at UND

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This medium-sized school is located in Daytona Beach, Florida, and it awarded 35 bachelors’s air traffic controller degrees in 2019-2020.

Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Air Traffic Controller Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach is $34,296 for bachelor’s degree air traffic controller students.

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 Daytona Beach Air Traffic Controller Report

#3

Lewis University

Romeoville, Illinois
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Lewis University landed the #3 spot on the list. 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Lewis, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Air Traffic Controller Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Lewis is $18,664 for bachelor’s degree air traffic controller students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Air Traffic Controller at Lewis

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Air Traffic Controller Schools for a Bachelor’s. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Prescott, Arizona. It awarded 14 bachelors’s air traffic controller degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree air traffic controller students list, Embry-Riddle Prescott has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Air Traffic Controller Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Embry-Riddle Prescott is $35,396 for Bachelor’s Degree Air Traffic Controller students.

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 full report on Air Traffic Controller at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - 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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