Air Transportation at Lewis University

If you plan to study air transportation, take a look at what Lewis University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Lewis is located in Romeoville, Illinois and approximately 6,437 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Air Transportation section at the bottom of this page.

Lewis Air Transportation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Air Transport
• Master’s Degree in Air Transport

Lewis Air Transportation Rankings

The air transport major at Lewis is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Air Transportation. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Air Transport Student Demographics at Lewis

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the air transport majors at Lewis University.

Lewis Air Transportation Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 81% of air transport bachelor's degrees went to men and 19% went to women. The typical air transport bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at Lewis since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in air transport at Lewis are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Lewis University with a bachelor's in air transport.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	77
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Lewis Air Transportation Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 86% of air transport master's degrees went to men and 14% went to women.

Of the students who received a air transport master's degree from Lewis, 55% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Lewis University with a master's in air transport.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Air Transportation

Air Transportation majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Lewis University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Aviation/Airway Management & Operations	70
General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology	45
Air Traffic Controller	13

Related Majors

Careers That Air Transport Grads May Go Into

A degree in air transport can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Lewis University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Flight Attendants	10,630	$53,220
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	9,350	$98,210
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	7,280	$193,600
Air Traffic Controllers	940	$136,390
Commercial Pilots	550	$99,990

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.