2025 Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Schools in the Great Lakes Region
6Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
353Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in aviation/airway management & operations, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #362 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.
College Factual looked at 6 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 353 degrees in aviation/airway management & operations annually.
Choosing a Great Aviation/Airway Management & Operations School
The aviation/airway management and operations program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Aviation/Airway Management & Operations rankings. We derive our Best Overall Aviation/Airway Management & Operations School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Pick Your Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Degree Level
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Aviation/Airway Management & Operations in the Great Lakes Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the aviation/airway management and operations degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Aviation/Airway Management and Operations
78Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Degrees Awarded
Lewis University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in aviation/airway management & operations. Lewis is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Romeoville. This university ranks 39th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 78 aviation/airway management & operations students who graduated with this degree at Lewis in the most recent year we have data available.
121Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Degrees Awarded
Southern Illinois University Carbondale is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in aviation/airway management & operations. Located in the town of Carbondale, SIUC is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 36th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 121 aviation/airway management & operations students who graduated with this degree at SIUC in the most recent data year.
37Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Degrees Awarded
Ohio State University - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in aviation/airway management & operations. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #70 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Ohio State is a great university overall.
There were about 37 aviation/airway management & operations students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in aviation/airway management & operations needs to look into Ohio University - Athens Campus. Located in the town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #184 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means OHIO Athens is a great university overall.
There were approximately 15 aviation/airway management & operations students who graduated with this degree at OHIO Athens in the most recent data year.
48Aviation/Airway Management and Operations Degrees Awarded
Located in the small city of Terre Haute, Indiana State is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 23rd out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were roughly 48 aviation/airway management & operations students who graduated with this degree at Indiana State in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #598 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Eastern Michigan is a great university overall.
There were about 21 aviation/airway management & operations students who graduated with this degree at Eastern Michigan in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
The aviation/airway management and operations program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Aviation/Airway Management & Operations rankings. We derive our Best Overall Aviation/Airway Management & Operations School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
