2025 Best Air Transportation Master's Degree Schools

If you plan on getting your master's degree in air transportation, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #135 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 13 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Air Transportation Master's Degree Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 725 master's degrees in air transportation to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Air Transportation School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of air transportation for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality air transport program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on air transportation students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of air transportation students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt air transportation students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized air transportation related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for air transportation students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Air Transportation Master's Degree Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Air Transportation in the United States

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for air transportation students seeking a a master's degree.

10 Top Schools for a Master's in Air Transport

1

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide
Daytona Beach, FL

330 Annual Graduates

$91,764 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide if you wish to pursue a master's degree in air transportation. Embry-Riddle Worldwide is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Daytona Beach.

Those air transportation students who get their master's degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide make $10,162 more than the standard air transport graduate.

More information about a master’s in air transportation from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide

2

Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN

63 Annual Graduates

$69,976 Median Starting Salary

Purdue University - Main Campus is a great choice for individuals pursuing a master's degree in air transportation. Purdue is a fairly large public university located in the city of West Lafayette.

Students who graduate with their master's from the air transport program state that they receive average early career earnings of $69,976.

More information about a master’s in air transportation from Purdue University - Main Campus

3

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach, FL

31 Annual Graduates

$91,764 Median Starting Salary

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in air transportation needs to check out Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach. Located in the small city of Daytona Beach, Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Those air transportation students who get their master's degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach make $10,162 more than the typical air transport grad.

More information about a master’s in air transportation from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach

4

Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, FL

19 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in air transportation needs to check out Florida Institute of Technology. Florida Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Melbourne.More information about a master’s in air transportation from Florida Institute of Technology

5

University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND

25 Annual Graduates

$104,007 Median Starting Salary

Located in the small city of Grand Forks, UND is a public university with a large student population.

Those air transportation students who get their master's degree from University of North Dakota receive $22,405 more than the standard air transport grad.

More information about a master’s in air transportation from University of North Dakota

6

Lewis University
Romeoville, IL

22 Annual Graduates

Located in the large suburb of Romeoville, Lewis is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in air transportation from Lewis University

7

Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA

73 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in air transportation from Liberty University

8

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus
Stillwater, OK

22 Annual Graduates

OSU is a fairly large public university located in the town of Stillwater.More information about a master’s in air transportation from Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

9

Utah State University
Logan, UT

11 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Logan, USU is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in air transportation from Utah State University

10

Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN

10 Annual Graduates

Middle Tennessee State University is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Murfreesboro.More information about a master’s in air transportation from Middle Tennessee State University

Air Transportation by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Air Transportation Related Rankings by Major

Air Transportation is one of 3 different types of Transportation & Materials Moving programs to choose from.

Air Transport Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology	601
Aviation/Airway Management & Operations	124

Most Popular Majors Related to Air Transport

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Transportation & Materials Moving	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.