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2022 Best Vallue Air Transport Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

8 Ranked Colleges
546 Degrees Awarded
$26,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Air Transport Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Air Transport Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 8,490 people earned their degree in air transportation, making the major the 99th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, air transportation graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $41,937 and had an average of $23,295 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 807 air transportation graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,443 and $22,633 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 546 air transportation graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Air Transport Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in air transportation. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality air transportation 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 air transportation 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 Vallue Air Transport Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Air Transport Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Air Transportation (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

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 Vallue Air Transport Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. ENMU - Main Campus is located in Portales, New Mexico and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 33 bachelors’s air transport degrees to qualified students.

ENMU - Main Campus also took the #2 spot in our “Best Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for ENMU - Main Campus is $9,516 for southwest region bachelor’s degree air transport students whose families make more than $110k.

Read full report on Air Transportation at Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Vallue Air Transport Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #2 spot on the list. UNT is a large public school situated in Denton, Texas. It awarded 24 bachelors’s air transport degrees in 2019-2020.

UNT also made our “Best Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $15,086 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Air Transport students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend University of North Texas.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full University of North Texas Air Transportation Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Best Vallue Air Transport Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. OSU is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 102 bachelors’s air transport degrees to qualified students.

OSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for OSU is $14,648 for southwest region bachelor’s degree air transport students whose families make more than $110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about Air Transportation at OSU

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Vallue Air Transport Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Oklahoma is a large public school situated in Norman, Oklahoma. It awarded 47 bachelors’s air transport degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma also made our “Best Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for University of Oklahoma is $21,145 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Air Transport students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Air Transportation at University of Oklahoma

#5

LeTourneau University

Longview, Texas

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Vallue Air Transport Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, LeTourneau University landed the #5 spot on the list. LETU is a small school located in Longview, Texas that handed out 39 bachelors’s air transport degrees in 2019-2020.

LETU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $23,196 for southwest region bachelor’s degree air transport students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend LeTourneau University.

Read more about Air Transportation at LeTourneau University

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott ranked #6 on this year’s Best Vallue Air Transport Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Embry-Riddle Prescott is located in Prescott, Arizona and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 138 bachelors’s air transport degrees to qualified students.

Embry-Riddle Prescott also made our “Best Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott is $35,396 for southwest region bachelor’s degree air transport students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott Air Transportation Report

#7

Texas Southern University

Houston, Texas

Texas Southern University did quite well in the 2022 Best Vallue Air Transport Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking, coming in at #7. Houston, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s air transport degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

TSU also took the #9 spot in our “Best Air Transportation 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 air transport students whose families make more than $110k.

Read full report on Air Transportation at TSU

#8

Baylor University

Waco, Texas

Baylor University did quite well in the 2022 Best Vallue Air Transport Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking, coming in at #8. Baylor is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Waco, Texas. It awarded 8 bachelors’s air transport degrees in 2019-2020.

Baylor not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Baylor is $36,039 for southwest region bachelor’s degree air transport students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

Read full report on Air Transportation at Baylor University

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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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