2022 Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

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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 Plains States region, there were 529 air transportation graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,180 and $23,038 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 50 air transportation graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in air transportation. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great air transportation programs and cost less that 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree air transport students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Air Transportation in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$18,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$73,949 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Dakota. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, this fairly large public school handed out 29 degrees to qualified masters’s air transport students in 2019-2020.

UND also made our “Best Air Transportation Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UND are $18,326, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Air Transportation at University of North Dakota

#2

University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$16,394 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Missouri. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Warrensburg, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s air transport degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

UCM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Air Transportation Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UCM are $16,394.

Full University of Central Missouri Air Transportation Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Air Transportation (With Aid)

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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