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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Aviation/Airway Management & Operations

10 Ranked Colleges
214 Degrees Awarded
$14,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for an Associate

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 214 aviation/airway management and operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for an Associate” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree in aviation/airway management and operations. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent aviation/airway management and operations programs, but they also 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for an Associate.

Top 10 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Aviation/Airway Management & Operations

#1

Broward College

Fort Lauderdale, Florida
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Broward College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for an Associate. BC is a large public school situated in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It awarded 71 associates’s aviation/airway management and operations degrees in 2019-2020.

BC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Broward College is $12,649 for Associate Degree Aviation/Airway Management and Operations students.

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#2

Miami Dade College

Miami, Florida
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Miami Dade College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for an Associate list. Miami, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s aviation/airway management and operations degrees to 25 students in 2019-2020.

MDC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for MDC is $4,842 for associate degree aviation/airway management and operations students.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Community College of Baltimore County. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for an Associate. CCBC is a fairly large school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 2 associates’s aviation/airway management and operations degrees in 2019-2020.

CCBC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $8,242 for associate degree aviation/airway management and operations students per year to attend CCBC.

Read more about Aviation/Airway Management & Operations at Community College of Baltimore County

#4

Community College of Allegheny County

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Community College of Allegheny County. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for an Associate list. Community College of Allegheny County is a public institution located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CCAC, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Community College of Allegheny County is $9,047 for Associate Degree Aviation/Airway Management and Operations students.

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#5

Hinds Community College

Raymond, Mississippi
#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hinds Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for an Associate list. Hinds Community College is a fairly large school located in Raymond, Mississippi that handed out 1 associates’s aviation/airway management and operations degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Hinds Community College, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Hinds Community College is $3,757 for Associate Degree Aviation/Airway Management and Operations students.

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#9 in overall quality

Florida State College at Jacksonville came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for an Associate ranking. Florida State College at Jacksonville is a public institution located in Jacksonville, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree aviation/airway management and operations students list, FSCJ has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Florida State College at Jacksonville is $3,916 for associate degree aviation/airway management and operations students.

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#5 in overall quality

University of Alaska Anchorage landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for an Associate ranking. University of Alaska Anchorage is a fairly large school located in Anchorage, Alaska that handed out 5 associates’s aviation/airway management and operations degrees in 2019-2020.

UAA also made our “Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend University of Alaska Anchorage is $12,995 for associate degree aviation/airway management and operations students.

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#7 in overall quality

Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for an Associate ranking, coming in at #8. This small school is located in Flushing, New York, and it awarded 4 associates’s aviation/airway management and operations degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree aviation/airway management and operations students list, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $39,391 for Associate Degree Aviation/Airway Management and Operations students per year to attend Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology.

Read more about Aviation/Airway Management & Operations at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology

#9

Florida Institute of Technology

Melbourne, Florida
#3 in overall quality

Florida Institute of Technology did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for an Associate ranking, coming in at #9. Florida Institute of Technology is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Melbourne, Florida. It awarded 2 associates’s aviation/airway management and operations degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Florida Tech, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Florida Institute of Technology is $31,097 for associate degree aviation/airway management and operations students.

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#10 in overall quality

Florida Institute of Technology - Online ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for an Associate list. Melbourne, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s aviation/airway management and operations degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

Florida Institute of Technology - Online did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Associate Degree Schools” list.

Full Florida Institute of Technology - Online Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Report

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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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