2022 Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Air Transportation is the 99th most popular major in the country with 8,490 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, air transportation graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $41,937 and had an average of $23,295 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 529 air transportation graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,180 and $23,038 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 50 air transportation graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in air transportation. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great air transportation programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the air transportation program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree air transport students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Air Transportation (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$18,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$73,949 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Dakota. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and it awarded 29 masters’s air transport degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UND, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Air Transportation Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UND are $18,326, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Air Transportation at University of North Dakota

#2

University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$16,394 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Missouri landed the #2 spot on the list. Warrensburg, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s air transport degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

UCM also took the #2 spot in our “Best Air Transportation Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Central Missouri are $16,394.

Read more about Air Transportation at University of Central Missouri

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Air Transportation (Income $0-$30k)

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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