2025 Best Air Transportation Bachelor's Degree Schools in Indiana

a bachelor's degree in air transportation is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #74 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Air Transportation Bachelor's Degree Schools in Indiana ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 239 bachelor's degrees in air transportation during the 2022-2023 academic year.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

• Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on air transportation students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other air transportation students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for air transportation to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized air transportation related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for air transportation students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The air transport school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Air Transportation Bachelor's Degree Schools in Indiana.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Air Transportation in Indiana

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in air transportation.

Top Indiana Schools for a Bachelor's in Air Transport

1

Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN

140 Annual Graduates

$45,190 Median Starting Salary

$53,256 Median Student Debt

Purdue University - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in air transportation. Purdue is a very large public university located in the small city of West Lafayette.

Those air transportation students who get their bachelor's degree from Purdue University - Main Campus make $2,539 more than the average air transport student.

More information about a bachelor’s in air transportation from Purdue University - Main Campus

2

Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN

94 Annual Graduates

$40,112 Median Starting Salary

$20,953 Median Student Debt

Indiana State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in air transportation. Indiana State is a moderately-sized public university located in the small city of Terre Haute.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the air transport program state that they receive average early career wages of $40,112.

More information about a bachelor’s in air transportation from Indiana State University

Best Air Transportation Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Air Transportation Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	261	225
Ohio	252	210
Illinois	241	254

View All Rankings >

Air Transportation Related Rankings by Major

One of 3 majors within the Transportation & Materials Moving area of study, Air Transportation has other similar majors worth exploring.

Air Transport Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew	107
General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology	87
Aviation/Airway Management & Operations	45

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.