by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Air Transportation is the 91st most popular major in the country with 9,984 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, air transportation graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $46,821 and had an average of $21,674 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 655 air transportation graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,638 and $21,573 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 436 air transportation graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in air transportation. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in air transportation.
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rocky Mountain College landed the #1 spot on the list. Rocky Mountain College is located in Billings, Montana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s air transport degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Air Transportation at Rocky Mountain College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Westminster College Utah. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s air transport degrees to 35 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about Air Transportation at Westminster College Salt Lake
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the #3 spot on the list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s air transport degrees to 93 students in 2020-2021.
Full Metropolitan State University of Denver Air Transportation Report
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah Valley University landed the #4 spot on the list. UVU is a large public school situated in Orem, Utah. It awarded 219 bachelors’s air transport degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Air Transportation at Utah Valley University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Logan, Utah, this large public school awarded 54 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s air transport students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Southern Utah University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #6. Southern Utah University is a public institution located in Cedar City, Utah. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Air Transportation at Southern Utah University
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