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2023 Best Value Air Transportation Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$16,025 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,030 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Air Transportation Associate Degree School for You

Air Transportation is the #93 most popular major in the country with 9,984 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Air Transportation Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for air transport students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Air Transportation Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Check out the air transport associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Air Transportation

Our analysis found Community College of Allegheny County to be the best value school for air transportation students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, CCAC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

CCAC undergraduate students pay an average of $11,863 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Air Transportation at Community College of Allegheny County

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Community College of Baltimore County. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Air Transportation Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large suburb of Baltimore, CCBC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CCBC are $10,062 a year. On average, air transport graduates from CCBC take out $21,232 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Read full report on Air Transportation at Community College of Baltimore County

Out of the 3 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Flushing, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology undergraduate students pay an average of $26,150 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Air Transportation at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology Report

Best Air Transportation Colleges by State

Explore the best air transportation colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 42
New York 215
Maryland 35
New Jersey 22
Delaware 14

One of 3 majors within the area of study, air transportation has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Air Transport

Related Major Annual Graduates
Ground Transportation 17,893
Marine Transportation 1,203
Other Transportation & Materials Moving 4

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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