Air Transportation at Miami Dade College

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

MDC is located in Miami, Florida and approximately 46,523 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 75 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.

MDC Air Transportation Degrees Available

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

MDC Air Transportation Rankings

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Air Transport Student Demographics at MDC

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

MDC Air Transportation Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 81% of air transport associate's degrees went to men and 19% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in air transport only graduates about 15% women each year. The program at MDC may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 3% more women than average.

MDC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in air transport graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	28
White	6
International Students	34
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Air Transportation

The following air transport concentations are available at Miami Dade College. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Miami Dade College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew	43
Aviation/Airway Management & Operations	41

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 FL, the home state for Miami Dade College.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Flight Attendants	8,650	$62,610
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	4,830	$93,720
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	4,780	$188,400
Commercial Pilots	4,170	$110,540
Airfield Operations Specialists	650	$53,920

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.