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2022 Best Value Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
130 Degrees Awarded
$18,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 5 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Colleges for Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern New Mexico University - Roswell Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Eastern New Mexico University - Roswell Campus is a small school located in Roswell, New Mexico that handed out 1 ’s airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew degrees in 2019-2020.

ENMU - Roswell Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $4,858 for southwest region airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend ENMU - Roswell Campus.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Jacinto Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. This large school is located in Pasadena, Texas, and it awarded 2 ’s airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew degrees in 2019-2020.

San Jacinto College also made our “Best Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for San Jacinto College is $8,502 for Southwest Region Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#3

LeTourneau University

Longview, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend LeTourneau University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. LETU is a small school located in Longview, Texas that handed out 2 ’s airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew degrees in 2019-2020.

LETU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $17,824 for Southwest Region Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend LeTourneau University.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. This small school is located in Prescott, Arizona, and it awarded 17 ’s airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew degrees in 2019-2020.

Embry-Riddle Prescott also took the #1 spot in our “Best Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $32,661 for southwest region airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott.

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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#5

Baylor University

Waco, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baylor University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. This fairly large school is located in Waco, Texas, and it awarded 6 ’s airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Baylor, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Baylor is $29,849 for southwest region airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The low student loan default rate of 3.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 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).
  • 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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