2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Air Transportation (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Southwest region, there were 807 air transportation graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,443 and $22,633 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 air transportation graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in air transportation. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent air transportation programs, but they also 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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Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree air transport students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Air Transportation (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

Stillwater, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$23,963 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. OSU is a large school located in Stillwater, Oklahoma that handed out 10 masters’s air transport degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Air Transportation Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at OSU are $23,963, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full OSU Air Transportation Report

#2

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott

Prescott, Arizona

$19,636 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$77,011 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Prescott, Arizona, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s air transport students in 2019-2020.

Embry-Riddle Prescott also made our “Best Air Transportation Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Embry-Riddle Prescott are $19,636, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Air Transportation at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Air Transportation (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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