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2022 Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region

7 Ranked Colleges
374 Degrees Awarded
$17,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” 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.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 401 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 374 aviation/airway management and operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the aviation/airway management and operations 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 Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree aviation/airway management and operations students.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Aviation/Airway Management & Operations in the Great Lakes Region

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a public institution located in Carbondale, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 110 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SIUC, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $16,945 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Aviation/Airway Management and Operations students per year to attend SIUC.

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#2

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the #2 spot on the list. Kalamazoo, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s aviation/airway management and operations degrees to 62 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree aviation/airway management and operations students list, WMU has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Western Michigan University is $19,433 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree aviation/airway management and operations students.

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#3

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Michigan University landed the #3 spot on the list. Eastern Michigan is a fairly large school located in Ypsilanti, Michigan that handed out 16 bachelors’s aviation/airway management and operations degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern Michigan not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Eastern Michigan is $15,924 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Aviation/Airway Management and Operations students.

Read more about Aviation/Airway Management & Operations at Eastern Michigan University

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio University - Athens Campus is a large public school situated in Athens, Ohio. It awarded 12 bachelors’s aviation/airway management and operations degrees in 2019-2020.

OHIO Athens also took the #5 spot in our “Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Ohio University - Athens Campus is $22,906 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Aviation/Airway Management and Operations students.

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#5

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, Indiana
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region. Terre Haute, Indiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s aviation/airway management and operations degrees to 50 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Indiana State, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Indiana State is $13,896 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Aviation/Airway Management and Operations students.

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#6

Lewis University

Romeoville, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

Lewis University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #6. Lewis is a medium-sized school located in Romeoville, Illinois that handed out 84 bachelors’s aviation/airway management and operations degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree aviation/airway management and operations students list, Lewis has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $18,664 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree aviation/airway management and operations students per year to attend Lewis.

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%.

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#2 in overall quality

Ohio State University - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Ohio State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Columbus, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 40 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Ohio State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Ohio State is $17,616 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Aviation/Airway Management and Operations students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, 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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