Air Transportation at Delaware State University

If you plan to study air transportation, take a look at what Delaware State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Del State is located in Dover, Delaware and has a total student population of 4,739.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Air Transportation section at the bottom of this page.

Del State Air Transportation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Air Transport

Del State Air Transportation Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks air transport programs across the country. The following shows how Del State performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The air transport major at Del State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Air Transportation. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	39
Most Focused Air Transportation Trade Schools	60
Most Popular Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	63
Most Popular Air Transportation Trade Schools	100

Air Transport Student Demographics at Del State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the air transport majors at Delaware State University.

Del State Air Transportation Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students earned a bachelor's degree in air transport from Del State. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men. The typical air transport bachelor's degree program is made up of only 15% women. So female students are more repesented at Del State since its program graduates 35% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% more racial-ethnic minorities in its air transport bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Delaware State University with a bachelor's in air transport.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Del State also has a doctoral program available in air transport. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Air Transportation

If you plan to be a air transport major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Delaware State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology	14

Related Majors

Careers That Air Transport Grads May Go Into

A degree in air transport can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for DE, the home state for Delaware State University.

Occupation	Jobs in DE	Average Salary in DE
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	370	$132,320
Commercial Pilots	280	$97,420

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Smartyllama under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.