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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Air Transportation

3 Ranked Colleges
19 Degrees Awarded
$18,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Doctorate

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Air Transportation is the 99th most popular major in the country with 8,490 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 air transportation graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the air transportation program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

More Ways to Rank Air Transportation Schools

The air transport school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Doctorate”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree air transport students.

Top 4 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Air Transportation

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Daytona Beach, Florida, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s air transport degrees in 2019-2020.

Embry-Riddle Worldwide did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Air Transportation Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide are $8,568, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Embry-Riddle Worldwide Air Transportation Report

#2

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Dakota. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Doctorate list. UND is located in Grand Forks, North Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s air transport degrees to qualified students.

UND not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Air Transportation Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UND are $18,326.

Read more about Air Transportation at UND

#3

Florida Institute of Technology

Melbourne, Florida
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Doctorate list. Florida Institute of Technology is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Melbourne, Florida. It awarded 5 doctorate’s air transport degrees in 2019-2020.

Florida Tech also made our “Best Air Transportation Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Florida Institute of Technology are $22,588, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Air Transportation at Florida Institute of Technology

#4

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Louis University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Doctorate. SLU is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s air transport degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SLU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Air Transportation Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SLU are $22,074, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Saint Louis University Air Transportation Report

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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