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2023 Best Value Air Transportation Schools in Washington

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$8,685 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,857 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Air Transportation School for You

Air Transportation is the #100 most popular major in Washington with 149 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Air Transportation Schools in Washington ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Washington to see which programs offered the best value experiences for air transport students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Schools in Washington

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Air Transportation Colleges.

Best Washington Schools for Affordable Quality in Air Transportation

$8,685 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Central Washington University to be the best value school for air transportation students who want to pursue a degree in Washington. Located in the town of Ellensburg, CWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CWU are $8,685 per year. The average amount in student loans that air transport majors at CWU take out is $24,535.

Read full report on Air Transportation at Central Washington University

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means International Air and Hospitality Academy is a great value for air transportation students. Located in the city of Vancouver, International Air and Hospitality Academy is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Air Transport majors at International Air and Hospitality Academy take out an average of $6,333 in student loans while working on their egree. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $49, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

Read full report on Air Transportation at International Air and Hospitality Academy

Best Value Air Transportation Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
California 320
Oregon 60
Nevada 28
Alaska 36

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 2 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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