2021 Best Air Transportation Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region
8Colleges
2,879Bachelor's Degrees
$28,049Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Air Transportation Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Air Transportation Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a bachelor's in air transport. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great air transportation programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the air transportation program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The air transport school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Air Transport Schools for Non-Traditional Students.
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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Southeast Region that are best for non-traditional air transportation students. Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Daytona Beach. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Air Transportation in the Southeast Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach is lower than is typical, just 1.1% of students default in three years. Approximately 580 students take at least one class online at Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach. About 2,454 of the students at Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach are attending part time.
Florida Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best air transportation schools for non-traditional students. Located in the small city of Melbourne, Florida Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Florida Tech, the school also landed the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Air Transportation in the Southeast Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at Florida Tech is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. 2,764 of Florida Tech students are exclusively distance learners. 3,782 students are part time.
Middle Tennessee State University landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best air transportation schools for non-traditional students. Located in the midsize city of Murfreesboro, Middle Tennessee State University is a public college with a fairly large student population. Middle Tennessee State University also took the #6 spot in our Best Colleges for Air Transportation in the Southeast Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at Middle Tennessee State University is lower than is typical, just 2.3% of students default in three years. Approximately 7,472 students take at least one class online at Middle Tennessee State University. There are roughly 5,576 part time students in attendance at Middle Tennessee State University.
Our rankings recognize Liberty University as the #4 school in this year's rankings. Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Lynchburg. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Liberty University has also earned the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for Air Transportation in the Southeast Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.0%. 79,906 students at Liberty University are exclusively online. About 41,876 of the students at Liberty University are attending part time.
The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Jacksonville University. JU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Jacksonville. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, JU has also earned the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Air Transportation in the Southeast Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at JU is lower than is typical, just 2.0% of students default in three years. There are approximately 1,447 students at JU that take at least one class online. 966 of JU students are attending part time.
Middle Georgia State University earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Middle Georgia State University is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize city of Macon.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 4.1%. 3,274 of Middle Georgia State University students are exclusively distance learners. There are roughly 3,301 part time students in attendance at Middle Georgia State University.
Our rankings recognize Louisiana Tech University as the #7 school in this year's rankings. Located in the town of Ruston, Louisiana Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Louisiana Tech has also earned the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Air Transportation in the Southeast Region ranking.
About 1.8% of Louisiana Tech students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 2,379 students take at least one class online at Louisiana Tech. There are roughly 2,771 part time students in attendance at Louisiana Tech.
Eastern Kentucky University landed the #8 spot in our 2021 best air transportation schools for non-traditional students. Located in the distant town of Richmond, Eastern is a public school with a fairly large student population. Eastern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our Best Colleges for Air Transportation in the Southeast Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.9%. There are approximately 5,888 students at Eastern that take at least one class online. 4,026 of Eastern students are attending part time.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 8 schools only.
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 the rest 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).
