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2022 Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

5 Ranked Colleges
359 Degrees Awarded
$15,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Air Transport Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” 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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 476 air transportation graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,367 and $23,500 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 359 air transportation graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Air Transportation in the Rocky Mountains Region

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah Valley University landed the #1 spot on the list. Utah Valley University is a large school located in Orem, Utah that handed out 195 bachelors’s air transport degrees in 2019-2020.

UVU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $9,159 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Air Transport students per year to attend UVU.

Full Utah Valley University Air Transportation Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Utah State University is a large public school situated in Logan, Utah. It awarded 33 bachelors’s air transport degrees in 2019-2020.

USU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Utah State University is $13,634 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Air Transport students.

Read full report on Air Transportation at USU

#3

Rocky Mountain College

Billings, Montana

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rocky Mountain College landed the #3 spot on the list. Rocky is a small school located in Billings, Montana that handed out 22 bachelors’s air transport degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Rocky, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Rocky is $18,747 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Air Transport students.

Read full report on Air Transportation at Rocky

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the #4 spot on the list. Metropolitan State University of Denver is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 86 bachelors’s air transport degrees to qualified students.

MSU Denver also made our “Best Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for MSU Denver is $14,257 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Air Transport students.

Full Metropolitan State University of Denver Air Transportation Report

#5

Westminster College Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Westminster College Utah. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region. Westminster College Salt Lake is a private not-for-profit institution located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The school has a small population, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Westminster College Salt Lake also made our “Best Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $20,674 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Air Transport students per year to attend Westminster College Salt Lake.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Westminster College Salt Lake Air Transportation Report

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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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