Air Transportation at Glendale Community College

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

GCC is located in Glendale, California and has a total student population of 12,973. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 9 students received their associate's degree in air transport.

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.

GCC Air Transportation Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Air Transport (Less Than 1 Year)
• Associate’s Degree in Air Transport

GCC Air Transportation Rankings

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.

Air Transport Student Demographics at GCC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the air transport majors at Glendale Community College.

GCC Air Transportation Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of air transport associate's degrees went to men and 22% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in air transport only graduates about 15% women each year. The program at GCC may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 7% more women than average.

GCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in air transport graduates 37% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Glendale Community College with a associate's in air transport.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 Glendale Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Aviation/Airway Management & Operations	13
Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew	8
Airline Flight Attendant	7

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 CA, the home state for Glendale Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	18,990	$107,550
Flight Attendants	15,920	$51,990
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	9,330	$205,520
Commercial Pilots	3,380	$97,720
Air Traffic Controllers	2,240	$132,300

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.