Air Transportation at Western Michigan University
WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and has a total student population of 19,887. Of the 3,747 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Michigan University in 2021, 186 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.
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WMU Air Transportation Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Air Transport
WMU Air Transportation Rankings
The air transport major at WMU 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.
Earnings of WMU Air Transport Graduates
The median salary of air transport students who receive their bachelor's degree at WMU is $43,255. This is less than $44,734, which is the national average of all air transport majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.
Air Transport Student Demographics at WMU
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the air transport majors at Western Michigan University.
WMU Air Transportation Bachelor’s Program
About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in air transport at WMU 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 Western Michigan University with a bachelor's in air transport.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 6 |
| Black or African American | 6 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 |
| White | 144 |
| International Students | 16 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 9 |
WMU also has a doctoral program available in air transport. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.
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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 MI, the home state for Western Michigan University.
| Occupation | Jobs in MI | Average Salary in MI |
|---|---|---|
| Flight Attendants | 3,500 | $55,310 |
| Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | 3,240 | $109,240 |
| Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers | 3,090 | $233,550 |
| Commercial Pilots | 1,250 | $93,640 |
| Airfield Operations Specialists | 370 | $53,660 |
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 TheKuLeR under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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