2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew is the 343rd most popular major in the country with 2,223 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 86 airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 66 airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Dubuque landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Dubuque, Iowa, and it awarded 36 bachelors’s airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew degrees in 2020-2021.
UD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.According to our most recent data, University of Dubuque supports 2,180 students, and 115 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 74 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,817. On top of their other funding sources, 30 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Dubuque offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Full University of Dubuque Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Missouri. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew for a Bachelor’s. UCM is a public institution located in Warrensburg, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UCM also took the #2 spot in our “Best Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, UCM supports 9,959 students, and 9 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 10 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,238. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UCM offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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