2023 Best Value Air Transportation Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Air Transportation Bachelor's 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 can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Air Transportation Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's 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.
Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Air Transportation
Our 2023 rankings named University of North Dakota the best value school in the Plains States Region for air transportation students working on their bachelor’s degree. UND is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Grand Forks.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UND are $15,037 per year. Air Transport majors at UND take out an average of $24,206 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $591.
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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Minnesota State University - Mankato helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value air transportation schools in the Plains States Region . Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the small city of Mankato.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Minnesota State Mankato are $18,200 a year. On average, air transport graduates from Minnesota State Mankato take out $24,099 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Central Missouri. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the town of Warrensburg, UCM is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UCM are $16,815 per year. On average, air transport graduates from UCM take out $21,486 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Nebraska at Omaha helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value air transportation schools in the Plains States Region . UNOMAHA is a large public school located in the large city of Omaha.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNOMAHA are $21,718 per year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. K -State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Manhattan.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at K -State are $26,491 a year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, air transport majors at K -State accumulate an average of around $23,605 in student debt. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $702, based on a 10-year repayment plan.
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University of Dubuque ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. UD is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Dubuque.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UD are $36,010 per year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, air transport majors at UD accumulate an average of around $26,983 in student debt.
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With a ranking of #7, Saint Louis University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for air transportation students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Saint Louis, SLU is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SLU are $48,824 a year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, air transport graduates from SLU carry an average student debtload of $28,562.
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Explore the best air transportation colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Missouri | 76 |
| Minnesota | 77 |
| Kansas | 65 |
| Iowa | 57 |
| Nebraska | 35 |
| North Dakota | 295 |
| South Dakota | 11 |
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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 7 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.