by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Air Transportation is the 91st most popular major in the country with 10,326 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , air transportation graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $46,821 and had an average of $21,965 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 787 air transportation graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,638 and $23,965 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 413 air transportation graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,140 and $21,982 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in air transportation. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in air transportation.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree air transport students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rocky Mountain College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Billings, Montana, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s air transport degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Westminster College Utah landed the #2 spot on the list. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s air transport degrees to 19 students in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Metropolitan State University of Denver. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Metropolitan State University of Denver is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 78 bachelors’s air transport degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah Valley University landed the #4 spot on the list. Utah Valley University is a large public school situated in Orem, Utah. It awarded 212 bachelors’s air transport degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Utah State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. USU is located in Logan, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 51 bachelors’s air transport degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%.
Southern Utah University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Air Transport Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Cedar City, Utah is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s air transport degrees to 35 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Air Transportation at Southern Utah University
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