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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

3 Ranked Colleges
44 Degrees Awarded
$26,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 2,076 people earned their degree in airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew, making the major the 364th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 130 airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 44 airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

LeTourneau University

Longview, Texas
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, LeTourneau University landed the #1 spot on the list. LETU is located in Longview, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew degrees to qualified students.

LETU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for LETU is $17,824 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Embry-Riddle Prescott is a small school located in Prescott, Arizona that handed out 17 bachelors’s airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew degrees in 2019-2020.

Embry-Riddle Prescott not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott is $32,661 for southwest region bachelor’s degree airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#3

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baylor University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Baylor is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waco, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew students whose families make $30-$48k list, Baylor has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $29,849 for southwest region bachelor’s degree airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Baylor.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.

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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).
  • 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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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