2022 Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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In 2019-2020, 1,389 people earned their degree in aviation/airway management and operations, making the major the 363rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 91 aviation/airway management and operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 67 aviation/airway management and operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in aviation/airway management and operations. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality aviation/airway management and operations 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 aviation/airway management and operations program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Aviation/Airway Management & Operations (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$15,109 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Dakota landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, this fairly large public school awarded 25 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s aviation/airway management and operations students in 2019-2020.

UND did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UND is $15,109 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Aviation/Airway Management and Operations students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Aviation/Airway Management & Operations at UND

#2

University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, Missouri

#3 in overall quality

$13,977 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Missouri landed the #2 spot on the list. UCM is a medium-sized school located in Warrensburg, Missouri that handed out 14 bachelors’s aviation/airway management and operations degrees in 2019-2020.

UCM also made our “Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $13,977 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Aviation/Airway Management and Operations students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend UCM.

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#3

University of Dubuque

Dubuque, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$28,437 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Dubuque landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Dubuque, Iowa, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s aviation/airway management and operations degrees in 2019-2020.

UD also took the #2 spot in our “Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $28,437 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Aviation/Airway Management and Operations students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend University of Dubuque.

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Aviation/Airway Management & Operations (Income $48-$75k)

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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