If you plan on majoring in air transportation, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #91 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Utah to determine which ones were the best for air transportation students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 461 degrees in air transportation during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The air transport program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Air Transportation rankings. We derive our Best Overall Air Transportation School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 Transportation Schools in Utah.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of air transport degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Utah Valley University is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in air transportation. UVU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Orem. A Best Colleges rank of #279 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UVU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 330 air transportation students who graduated with this degree at UVU in the most recent data year. Those air transportation students who get their degree from Utah Valley University make $14,768 more than the standard air transport graduate.
It's hard to beat Westminster College Utah if you want to pursue a degree in air transportation. Westminster College Salt Lake is a small private not-for-profit college located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City. This college ranks 7th out of 13 colleges for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were roughly 35 air transportation students who graduated with this degree at Westminster College Salt Lake in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the air transport program make about $40,216 for their early career.
Utah State University is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in air transportation. USU is a very large public university located in the city of Logan. This university ranks 5th out of 13 schools for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were about 60 air transportation students who graduated with this degree at USU in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the air transport program make about $35,228 for their early career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
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The air transport program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Air Transportation rankings. We derive our Best Overall Air Transportation School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
