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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Aviation/Airway Management & Operations (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

2 Ranked Colleges
194 Degrees Awarded
$13,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for a Bachelor's in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Aviation/Airway Management & Operations is the 363rd most popular major in the country with 1,389 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 202 aviation/airway management and operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 194 aviation/airway management and operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,319 and $24,183 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in aviation/airway management and operations. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great aviation/airway management and operations 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 aviation/airway management and operations program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Aviation/Airway Management & Operations (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Carbondale, Illinois, this fairly large public school awarded 110 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s aviation/airway management and operations students in 2019-2020.

SIUC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. It costs about $13,658 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Aviation/Airway Management and Operations students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend SIUC.

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#2

Lewis University

Romeoville, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lewis University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k list. Lewis University is located in Romeoville, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 84 bachelors’s aviation/airway management and operations degrees to qualified students.

Lewis not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. The estimated yearly cost for Lewis is $12,821 for illinois bachelor’s degree aviation/airway management and operations students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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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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