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2023 Best Value Air Transportation Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$7,852 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,575 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Air Transportation School for You

Air Transportation is the #159 most popular major in California with 320 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Air Transportation Colleges.

Best Air Transportation School

Our analysis found San Jose State University to be the best value school for air transportation students who want to pursue a degree in California. San Jose State is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Jose.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at San Jose State are $7,852 per year.

San Jose State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Air Transportation Schools in California list.

Full Air Transportation at San Jose State University Report

Best Value Air Transportation Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Air Transportation Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 149
Oregon 60
Nevada 28
Alaska 36

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

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

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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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