Air Transportation at Northwestern Michigan College

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

NMC is located in Traverse City, Michigan and has a total student population of 3,278. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 21 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.

NMC Air Transportation Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Air Transport

NMC 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 NMC

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

NMC Air Transportation Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 76% of air transport associate's degrees went to men and 24% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in air transport only graduates about 15% women each year. The program at NMC may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 8% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in air transport at NMC are white. Around 86% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	18
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 Northwestern Michigan College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew	21

Related Majors

• Marine Transportation

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 Northwestern Michigan College.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.