2023 Best Air Traffic Controller Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$32,600
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Air Traffic Controller for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 338 people earned their degree in air traffic controller, making the major the 735th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 18 air traffic controller graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 air traffic controller graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality air traffic controller programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the air traffic controller program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Air Traffic Controller for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Air Traffic Controller for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree vets studying air traffic controller.
Top 1 Best Air Traffic Controller Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lewis University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Air Traffic Controller for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Romeoville, Illinois, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s air traffic controller students in 2020-2021.
Lewis also took the #1 spot in our “Best Air Traffic Controller Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Of the 6,437 students enrolled at Lewis, 23 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 16 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,559. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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.
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