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2023 Best Value Flight Instructor Schools For Those Getting Aid

1 Ranked Colleges

38 Degrees Awarded

$17,000 Avg Net Price*

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Flight Instructor Schools For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 38 people earned their degree in flight instructor, making the major the 1150th most popular in the United States.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great flight instructor programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the flight instructor program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Flight Instructor Schools For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Flight Instructor Schools For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for flight instructor students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Flight Instructor (With Aid)

University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$16,966 Average Net Price

$51,496 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Dakota. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Flight Instructor Schools For Those Getting Aid list. University of North Dakota is a public institution located in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

UND also made our “Best Flight Instructor Schools” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend UND is $16,966 for Flight Instructor students with aid.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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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).
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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