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Air Transportation at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

If you are interested in studying air transportation, you may want to check out the program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and approximately 11,366 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,476 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2021, 154 of them were air transportation majors.

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.

SIUC Air Transportation Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at SIUC

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

  • Bachelor’s Degree

SIUC Air Transportation Rankings

The air transport major at SIUC 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.

How Much Do Air Transport Graduates from SIUC Make?

The median salary of air transport students who receive their bachelor's degree at SIUC is $44,837. This is 0% higher than $44,734, which is the national average for all air transport bachelor's degree recipients.

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Air Transport Student Demographics at SIUC

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

SIUC Air Transportation Associate’s Program

6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 100% of air transport associate's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in air transport at SIUC are white. Around 94% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 16
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

SIUC Air Transportation Bachelor’s Program

10% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 154 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in air transport from SIUC. About 90% were men and 10% were women.

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About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in air transport at SIUC 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 Southern Illinois University Carbondale with a bachelor's in air transport.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 14
White 123
International Students 7
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

SIUC 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 Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

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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