2023 Best Air Transportation Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Air Transport for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Air Transportation is the 91st most popular major in the country with 9,984 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, air transportation graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $46,821 and had an average of $21,674 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 648 air transportation graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,679 and $24,334 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Air Transport for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in air transportation. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality air transportation programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the air transportation program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Air Transport for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Air Transport for a Master’s”.
Top 2 Best Air Transportation Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Air Transport for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Dakota landed the #1 spot on the list. Grand Forks, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s air transport degrees to 26 students in 2020-2021.
UND also took the #1 spot in our “Best Air Transportation Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Among the 13,615 students enrolled at UND, 796 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 395 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,112. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. UND does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Air Transport for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Missouri landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Central Missouri is a public institution located in Warrensburg, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 15 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCM, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Air Transportation Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 9 of the 9,959 students enrolled at University of Central Missouri were GI Bill® students, of which 10 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,238. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Central Missouri]](/colleges/university-of-central-missouri/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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