Flight Instructor at South Dakota State University

What traits are you looking for in a flight instructor school? To help you decide if South Dakota State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's flight instructor program.

South Dakota State is located in Brookings, South Dakota and approximately 11,405 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Flight Instructor section at the bottom of this page.

South Dakota State Flight Instructor Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Flight Instructor

South Dakota State Flight Instructor Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the flight instructor progam at South Dakota State 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 flight instructor major at South Dakota State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Flight Instructor. 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 Focused Flight Instructor Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	3
Most Popular Flight Instructor Trade Schools	3
Most Focused Flight Instructor Trade Schools	5

Flight Instructor Student Demographics at South Dakota State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the flight instructor majors at South Dakota State University.

South Dakota State Flight Instructor Bachelor’s Program

Of the 9 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Flight Instructor from South Dakota State in 2020-2021, 100% were men and 0% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in flight instructor at South Dakota State 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 South Dakota State University with a bachelor's in flight instructor.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

South Dakota State also has a doctoral program available in flight instructor. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology

Careers That Flight Instructor Grads May Go Into

A degree in flight instructor can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for SD, the home state for South Dakota State University.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
Commercial Pilots	310	$63,090

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 AlexiusHoratius under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.