2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$29,600
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 Southwest Region for Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 2,223 people earned their degree in airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew, making the major the 343rd most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 125 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 32 airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend LeTourneau University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew for a Bachelor’s list. LETU is located in Longview, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew degrees to qualified students.
LETU 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.Of the 3,122 students enrolled at LeTourneau University, 106 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 79 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,229. During this same period, 18 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. LeTourneau University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at LETU]](/colleges/letourneau-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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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