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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. In 2021, 97 air transport majors received their bachelor's degree from Lewis.

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

Online Classes Are Available at Lewis

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Lewis offers distance education options for air transport at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

Lewis Air Transportation Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the air transport progam at Lewis compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Popular Air Transportation Master’s Degree Schools 5
Most Focused Air Transportation Master’s Degree Schools 6
Most Popular Air Transportation Schools 16
Most Focused Air Transportation Schools 22
Most Popular Air Transportation Associate Degree Schools 92

In 2021, 31 students received their master’s degree in air transport from Lewis. This makes it the #5 most popular school for air transport master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Air Transport Graduates from Lewis Make?

The median salary of air transport students who receive their bachelor's degree at Lewis is $47,241. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 6% higher than the national average of $44,734 for all air transport bachelor's degree recipients.

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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

15% Women
31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 97 air transport majors earned their bachelor's degree from Lewis. Of these graduates, 85% were men and 15% were women.

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About 63% 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. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its air transport bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 12
Hispanic or Latino 13
White 61
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Lewis Air Transportation Master’s Program

13% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 31 air transport students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Lewis, about 87% were men and 13% were women.

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Of the students who received a air transport master's degree from Lewis, 61% were white. This is above average 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 19
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Lewis also has a doctoral program available in air transport. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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