Air Transportation at Texas Southern University

Every air transportation school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the air transport program at Texas Southern University stacks up to those at other schools.

TSU is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 7,015 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received a bachelor's degree in air transport from TSU.

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.

TSU Air Transportation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Air Transport

TSU Air Transportation Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks air transport programs across the country. The following shows how TSU performed in these rankings.

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 TSU 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	67
Most Popular Air Transportation Schools	111

Air Transport Student Demographics at TSU

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

TSU Air Transportation Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 air transport majors earned their bachelor's degree from TSU. Of these graduates, 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical air transport bachelor's degree program is made up of only 16% women. So female students are more repesented at TSU since its program graduates 24% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 51% 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 Texas Southern University with a bachelor's in air transport.

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

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

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 TX, the home state for Texas Southern University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Flight Attendants	15,390	$58,820
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	11,390	$105,320
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	9,570	$200,320
Commercial Pilots	4,800	$104,680
Air Traffic Controllers	1,880	$133,260

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
• Image Credit: By WhisperToMe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.