2023 Best Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Texas
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$43,673
Avg Salary
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Air Transport for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Texas, there were 173 air transportation graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,774 and $21,430 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 105 air transportation graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,932 and $25,894 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Air Transport for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in air transportation. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality air transportation programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the air transportation program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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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 “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Air Transport for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Air Transport for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Air Transport for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Texas
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Air Transport for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, LeTourneau University landed the #1 spot on the list. LETU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Longview, Texas. It awarded 33 bachelors’s air transport degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at LETU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking.Among the 3,122 students enrolled at LETU, 106 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 79 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,229. On top of their other funding sources, 18 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at LETU]](/colleges/letourneau-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Air Transport for a Bachelor’s list. UNT is a large public school situated in Denton, Texas. It awarded 21 bachelors’s air transport degrees in 2020-2021.
UNT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list.Our most recent data shows that 2,038 of the 40,953 students enrolled at University of North Texas were GI Bill® students, of which 1,138 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,999. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of North Texas does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of North Texas]](/colleges/university-of-north-texas/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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.
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