Air Transportation at Eastern Michigan University

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

Eastern Michigan is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan and approximately 16,294 students attend the school each year.

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.

Eastern Michigan Air Transportation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Air Transport

Eastern Michigan Air Transportation Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the air transport progam at Eastern Michigan compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The air transport major at Eastern Michigan 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
Best Value Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	15
	21
Best Value Air Transportation Schools	22
	29
Most Popular Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	40
Best Air Transportation Trade Schools	42
Most Popular Air Transportation Trade Schools	63
Most Focused Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	73

Earnings of Eastern Michigan Air Transport Graduates

The median salary of air transport students who receive their bachelor's degree at Eastern Michigan is $45,160. This is 1% higher than $44,734, which is the national average for all air transport bachelor's degree recipients.

Air Transport Student Demographics at Eastern Michigan

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

Eastern Michigan Air Transportation Bachelor’s Program

Of the 29 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in air transport from Eastern Michigan in 2021, 79% were men and 21% were women. The typical air transport bachelor's degree program is made up of only 15% women. So female students are more repesented at Eastern Michigan since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in air transport at Eastern Michigan are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Eastern Michigan 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

Air Transportation majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Eastern Michigan University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Aviation/Airway Management & Operations	16
Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew	13

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 MI, the home state for Eastern Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Flight Attendants	3,500	$55,310
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	3,240	$109,240
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	3,090	$233,550
Commercial Pilots	1,250	$93,640
Airfield Operations Specialists	370	$53,660

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 Dwight Burdette under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.