Air Transportation at University of Maryland Eastern Shore

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

UMES is located in Princess Anne, Maryland and has a total student population of 2,646. Of the 382 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Maryland Eastern Shore in 2021, 10 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.

UMES Air Transportation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Air Transport

UMES Air Transportation Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the air transport progam at UMES 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 UMES 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 Focused Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	37
Most Popular Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	67

Air Transport Student Demographics at UMES

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

UMES Air Transportation Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 air transport majors earned their bachelor's degree from UMES. Of these graduates, 80% were men and 20% were women. The typical air transport bachelor's degree program is made up of only 16% women. So female students are more repesented at UMES since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 University of Maryland Eastern Shore with a bachelor's in air transport.

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

UMES 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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	1,920	$106,270
Commercial Pilots	330	$110,240
Air Traffic Controllers	80	$117,610

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.