by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in Missouri” 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 Missouri, there were 78 air transportation graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,072 and $25,703 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in Missouri” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in air transportation. That schools that top this list have a program in air transportation in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in Missouri” list to help you make the college decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The colleges and universities below are the best for missouri air transport students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Missouri. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in Missouri. UCM is a fairly large school located in Warrensburg, Missouri that handed out 42 ’s air transport degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of Central Missouri Air Transportation Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Louis University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in Missouri list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s air transport degrees to 28 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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. 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ozarks Technical Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in Missouri. This fairly large school is located in Springfield, Missouri, and it awarded 6 ’s air transport degrees in 2020-2021.
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