2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Major in the Plains States Region

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In 2021-2022, 5,487 people earned their degree in general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science & technology, making the major the 144th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 449 general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science & technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science & technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,238 and $112,293 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science & technology. That schools that top this list have a program in general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science & technology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology in the Plains States Region

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University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Dakota. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Major in the Plains States Region list. This fairly large school is located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science & technology degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology at UND

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Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, Missouri

#21 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Louis University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Major in the Plains States Region. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science & technology degrees to 34 students in 2021-2022.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Saint Louis University General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Report

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.