2022 Best Vallue Air Transport Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

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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.

This year’s “Best Vallue Air Transport Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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Best Vallue Air Transport Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree air transport students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Air Transportation (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

Stillwater, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$23,963 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue Air Transport Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, this large public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s air transport students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at OSU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Air Transportation Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at OSU are $23,963, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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 be in good company if you decide to attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Air Transport Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Prescott, Arizona is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s air transport degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

Embry-Riddle Prescott also took the #0 spot in our “Best Air Transportation Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Embry-Riddle Prescott are $19,636.

Full Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott Air Transportation Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Air Transportation (Income Over $110k)

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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