2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Air Transportation in Washington (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 8,490 people earned their degree in air transportation, making the major the 99th most popular in the United States. 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 Washington, there were 533 air transportation graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,150 and $13,167 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 75 air transportation graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,202 and $21,977 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality air transportation programs that also have a lower cost than 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 air transportation program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for washington bachelor’s degree air transport students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Air Transportation in Washington (With Aid)

#1

Central Washington University

Ellensburg, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$15,397 Average Net Price

$42,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Air Transport Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Ellensburg, Washington, and it awarded 44 bachelors’s air transport degrees in 2019-2020.

CWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. The yearly cost to attend CWU is $15,397 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Air Transport students with aid.

Full CWU Air Transportation Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Air Transportation in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Air Transportation (With Aid)

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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