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2023 Best Value Air Transportation Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$21,877 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$74,308 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Air Transportation Master'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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Air Transportation Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which master's degree 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Air Transportation Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Air Transportation

#1

Lewis University

Romeoville, IL

Our analysis found Lewis University to be the best value school for air transportation students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large suburb of Romeoville, Lewis is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lewis are $14,960 per year.

Read full report on Air Transportation at Lewis University

#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

The excellent master’s degree programs at Purdue University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value air transportation schools in the Great Lakes Region . Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Purdue are $28,794 a year.

Purdue also claimed a spot on our Best Air Transportation Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

Full Air Transportation at Purdue University - Main Campus Report

Best Air Transportation Colleges by State

Explore the best air transportation colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 246
Ohio 229
Illinois 310
Indiana 302
Wisconsin 11

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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