Air Transportation at Saint Louis University

What traits are you looking for in a air transport school? To help you decide if Saint Louis University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's air transport program.

SLU is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and approximately 12,229 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.

SLU Air Transportation Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Air Transport

Online Classes Are Available at SLU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

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

• Master’s Degree

SLU Air Transportation Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The air transport major at SLU 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 Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	16
Best Air Transportation Trade Schools	20
	25
	33
Best Value Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	41
Most Popular Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	44
Best Value Air Transportation Schools	50
Most Focused Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	65
Most Popular Air Transportation Trade Schools	71
Most Focused Air Transportation Trade Schools	114

Earnings of SLU Air Transport Graduates

The median salary of air transport students who receive their bachelor's degree at SLU is $44,117. This is less than $44,734, which is the national average of all air transport majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Air Transport Student Demographics at SLU

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

SLU Air Transportation Bachelor’s Program

Of the 26 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in air transport from SLU in 2021, 100% were men and 0% were women.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in air transport at SLU 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 Saint Louis University with a bachelor's in air transport.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	19
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

SLU 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

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 Saint Louis University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology	26

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 MO, the home state for Saint Louis University.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	2,120	$98,730
Commercial Pilots	460	$93,420
Air Traffic Controllers	250	$101,280
Airfield Operations Specialists	240	$39,120

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 LouisianHTM under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.