2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Southeast Region

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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 Southeast region, there were 5,086 air transportation graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,938 and $21,659 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 air transportation graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 2 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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Southeast Region

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

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Air Transportation in the Southeast Region

1

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide
Daytona Beach, Florida

#13 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Southeast Region. Embry-Riddle Worldwide is a private not-for-profit institution located in Daytona Beach, Florida. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 10 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide

2

Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, Florida

Top 15% overall quality in Southeast

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Southeast Region. Florida Institute of Technology is located in Melbourne, Florida and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s air transport degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Air Transportation at Florida Tech

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Air Transportation

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

• *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.