2023 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Aviation/Airway Management & Operations in the Southwest 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 “Most Well Attended Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Aviation/Airway Management & Operations is the 362nd most popular major in the country with 1,895 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southwest region, there were 103 aviation/airway management and operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 7 aviation/airway management and operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in aviation/airway management and operations. To top this list, a school must have a successful aviation/airway management and operations program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate

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

Top 4 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Aviation/Airway Management & Operations in the Southwest Region

1

Texas State Technical College
Waco, Texas

Top 5% overall quality in Southwest

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas State Technical College is a public institution located in Waco, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Texas State Technical College Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Report

2

Palo Alto College
San Antonio, Texas

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Palo Alto College landed the #2 spot on the list. Palo Alto College is a public institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Aviation/Airway Management & Operations at Palo Alto College

2

Western Oklahoma State College
Altus, Oklahoma

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Oklahoma State College landed the #2 spot on the list. Western Oklahoma State College is located in Altus, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s aviation/airway management and operations degrees to qualified students.

Full Western Oklahoma State College Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Report

2

Rio Salado College
Tempe, Arizona

Top 10% overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rio Salado College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate list. Rio Salado College is a fairly large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 0 associates’s aviation/airway management and operations degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Rio Salado College Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Report

• Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Aviation/Airway Management & Operations

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.