by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Plains States region, there were 648 air transportation graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,679 and $24,334 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 air transportation graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,829 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Plains States Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree air transport students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Dakota. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, this fairly large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s air transport students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis University landed the #2 spot on the list. SLU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 2 doctorate’s air transport degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, 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. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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