2021 Best Air Transportation Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
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Finding the Best Air Transportation Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Air Transportation Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer a bachelor's in air transport. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality air transportation programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the air transportation program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Lewis University tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Great Lakes Region that are best for non-traditional air transportation students. Located in the suburb of Romeoville, Lewis is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population. Lewis also took the #2 spot in our Best Colleges for Air Transportation in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. There are approximately 2,947 students at Lewis that take at least one class online. 2,022 of Lewis students are attending part time.
Purdue University - Main Campus comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Purdue is a very large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette. Purdue also made our Best Colleges for Air Transportation in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #1.
The student loan default rate at Purdue is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 19,239 students at Purdue that take at least one class online. About 7,612 of the students at Purdue are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Southern Illinois University Carbondale as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public school with a large student population. SIUC also made our Best Colleges for Air Transportation in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #5.
About 2.4% of SIUC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 2,640 students at SIUC that take at least one class online. 2,629 of SIUC students are attending part time.
The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Ohio State University - Main Campus. Ohio State is a very large public school located in the city of Columbus. Ohio State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Air Transportation in the Great Lakes Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. Approximately 42,293 students take at least one class online at Ohio State. 8,459 of Ohio State students are attending part time.
Western Michigan University landed the #5 spot in our 2021 best air transportation schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public college with a fairly large student population. WMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Colleges for Air Transportation in the Great Lakes Region list.
About 2.0% of WMU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 10,416 students at WMU that take at least one class online. 5,241 students are part time.
Kent State University at Kent landed the #6 spot in our 2021 best air transportation schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public college with a fairly large student population. Kent State also made our Best Colleges for Air Transportation in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #6.
The student loan default rate at Kent State is lower than is typical, just 1.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 15,625 students take at least one class online at Kent State. About 6,651 of the students at Kent State are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Indiana State University as the #7 school in this year's rankings. Located in the small city of Terre Haute, Indiana State is a public school with a medium-sized student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Indiana State, the school also landed the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Air Transportation in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
About 3.6% of Indiana State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 2,947 students at Indiana State that take at least one class online. 2,349 students are part time.
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 the rest 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).
