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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Aviation/Airway Management & Operations in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
72 Degrees Awarded
$22,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 97 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 72 aviation/airway management and operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in aviation/airway management and operations. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality aviation/airway management and operations 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 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 Southwest Region

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

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Aviation/Airway Management & Operations in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Portales, New Mexico. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree aviation/airway management and operations students list, ENMU - Main Campus has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend ENMU - Main Campus is $9,516 for southwest region bachelor’s degree aviation/airway management and operations students.

Full Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A & M University - Central Texas. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Killeen, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s aviation/airway management and operations degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree aviation/airway management and operations students list, Texas A & M University - Central Texas has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.

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#3

LeTourneau University

Longview, Texas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend LeTourneau University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Located in Longview, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s aviation/airway management and operations students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at LETU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $23,196 for southwest region bachelor’s degree aviation/airway management and operations students per year to attend LETU.

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#4

Texas Southern University

Houston, Texas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Southern University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Houston, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 16 degrees to qualified bachelors’s aviation/airway management and operations students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree aviation/airway management and operations students list, TSU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Southern University is $19,430 for southwest region bachelor’s degree aviation/airway management and operations students.

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#5

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Baylor University landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Waco, Texas, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s aviation/airway management and operations degrees in 2019-2020.

Baylor also made our “Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Baylor University is $36,039 for southwest region bachelor’s degree aviation/airway management and operations students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default 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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