Air Transportation at Lewis University

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

Lewis is located in Romeoville, Illinois and approximately 6,437 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.

Lewis Air Transportation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Air Transport

Online Classes Are Available at Lewis

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Lewis offers distance education options for air transport at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Lewis Air Transportation Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the air transport progam at Lewis 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 Lewis 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 Popular Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	13
Best Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	14
Best Air Transportation Trade Schools	16
Most Focused Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	16
	17
Most Popular Air Transportation Trade Schools	21
	25
Most Focused Air Transportation Trade Schools	28
Best Value Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	28
Best Value Air Transportation Schools	36
Most Popular Air Transportation Associate Degree Trade Schools	92
Most Focused Air Transportation Associate Degree Trade Schools	92

How Much Do Air Transport Graduates from Lewis Make?

The median salary of air transport students who receive their bachelor's degree at Lewis is $47,241. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 6% higher than the national average of $44,734 for all air transport bachelor's degree recipients.

Air Transport Student Demographics at Lewis

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

Lewis Air Transportation Bachelor’s Program

Of the 97 air transport students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Lewis, about 85% were men and 15% were women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in air transport at Lewis are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Lewis University with a bachelor's in air transport.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	61
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Lewis 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Lewis University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Aviation/Airway Management & Operations	70
General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology	14
Air Traffic Controller	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 IL, the home state for Lewis University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Flight Attendants	10,630	$53,220
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	9,350	$98,210
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	7,280	$193,600
Air Traffic Controllers	940	$136,390
Commercial Pilots	550	$99,990

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.