2025 Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in aviation/airway management & operations, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #241 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 114 bachelor's degrees in aviation/airway management & operations during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Aviation/Airway Management & Operations School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The aviation/airway management and operations bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

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 ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to aviation/airway management & operations students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of aviation/airway management & operations students who choose to seek a bachelor'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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized aviation/airway management & operations related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for aviation/airway management & operations students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Aviation/Airway Management & Operations in the Plains States Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for aviation/airway management & operations students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Aviation/Airway Management and Operations

1

University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND

56 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in aviation/airway management & operations has to take a look at University of North Dakota. Located in the small city of Grand Forks, UND is a public university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in aviation/airway management & operations from University of North Dakota

2

University of Dubuque
Dubuque, IA

24 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of Dubuque if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in aviation/airway management & operations. Located in the small city of Dubuque, UD is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in aviation/airway management & operations from University of Dubuque

3

University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, MO

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Central Missouri if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in aviation/airway management & operations. UCM is a fairly large public university located in the town of Warrensburg.More information about a bachelor’s in aviation/airway management & operations from University of Central Missouri

Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Colleges by State

Explore the best aviation/airway management & operations colleges for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	475	7
Iowa	403	16
North Dakota	251	30

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Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Related Rankings by Major

One of 7 majors within the Air Transportation area of study, Aviation/Airway Management & Operations has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Aviation/Airway Management and Operations

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology	490
Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew	92
Flight Instructor	31
Remote Aircraft Pilot	28
Air Traffic Controller	23
Other Air Transportation	8

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.