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Air Transportation at San Jose State University

Air Transportation at San Jose State University

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

San Jose State is located in San Jose, California and has a total student population of 36,208.

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.

San Jose State Air Transportation Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Air Transport

San Jose State Air Transportation Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The air transport major at San Jose State 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 Value Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools 21
Most Popular Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools 26
29
Best Value Air Transportation Schools 29
Best Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools 32
38
Best Air Transportation Trade Schools 39
Most Popular Air Transportation Trade Schools 39
Most Focused Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools 76
Most Focused Air Transportation Trade Schools 131

Earnings of San Jose State Air Transport Graduates

The median salary of air transport students who receive their bachelor's degree at San Jose State is $42,924. This is less than $44,734, which is the national average of all air transport majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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Air Transport Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State Air Transportation Bachelor’s Program

18% Women
65% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 51 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in air transport from San Jose State. About 82% were men and 18% were women. The typical air transport bachelor's degree program is made up of only 15% women. So female students are more repesented at San Jose State since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% 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 San Jose State University with a bachelor's in air transport.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 15
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 15
White 7
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 11

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

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology 51

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 San Jose State University.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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