2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Southwest Region
14
Ranked Colleges
590
Degrees Awarded
$47,825
Avg Salary
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 9,984 people earned their degree in air transportation, making the major the 91st most popular in the United States. 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 Southwest region, there were 896 air transportation graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,347 and $19,972 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 590 air transportation graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 14 colleges that offer a degree in air transportation. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their air transportation program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree air transport students.
Top 14 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Air Transportation in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Southwest Region. Prescott, Arizona is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s air transport degrees to 184 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott Air Transportation Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend LeTourneau University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Southwest Region. LeTourneau University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Longview, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Air Transportation at LeTourneau University
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 #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Southwest Region. This small school is located in Portales, New Mexico, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s air transport degrees in 2020-2021.
Full ENMU - Main Campus Air Transportation Report
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Hallmark University landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s air transport degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Hallmark Air Transportation Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A & M University - Central Texas. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Southwest Region. Texas A & M University - Central Texas is a small public school situated in Killeen, Texas. It awarded 13 bachelors’s air transport degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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 Texas A & M University - Central Texas
Southeastern Oklahoma State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Southeastern Oklahoma State University is located in Durant, Oklahoma and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 27 bachelors’s air transport degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Air Transportation at Southeastern Oklahoma State University
With a ranking of #7, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Southwest Region list. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a large school located in Stillwater, Oklahoma that handed out 86 bachelors’s air transport degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Full Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Air Transportation Report
Texas Southern University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Southwest Region ranking. TSU is a medium-sized public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 10 bachelors’s air transport degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Air Transportation at TSU
With a ranking of #9, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Norman, Oklahoma, and it awarded 49 bachelors’s air transport degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Read more about Air Transportation at University of Oklahoma
With a ranking of #10, Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Southwest Region list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s air transport degrees to 100 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Air Transportation at Arizona State University - Tempe
Baylor University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in Waco, Texas, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s air transport degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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 Baylor
University of North Texas ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Southwest Region list. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s air transport degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Air Transportation at University of North Texas
Angelo State University ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Southwest Region list. Angelo State is a public institution located in San Angelo, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Air Transportation at Angelo State
With a ranking of #13, Tarleton State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Southwest Region list. Tarleton State University is a fairly large school located in Stephenville, Texas that handed out 0 bachelors’s air transport degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Tarleton 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.