Air Transportation at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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

SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and has a total student population of 11,366. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 17 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.

SIUC Air Transportation Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Air Transport
• Bachelor’s Degree in Air Transport

Online Classes Are Available at SIUC

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? SIUC offers distance education options for air transport at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

SIUC Air Transportation Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the air transport progam at SIUC 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 SIUC 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	9
Most Popular Air Transportation Trade Schools	11
Best Value Air Transportation Associate Degree Schools	11
Best Value Air Transportation Schools	13
	13
Best Air Transportation Trade Schools	15
Most Focused Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	19
Most Popular Air Transportation Associate Degree Trade Schools	26

Earnings of SIUC Air Transport Graduates

The median salary of air transport students who receive their bachelor's degree at SIUC is $44,837. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 0% higher than the national average of $44,734 for all air transport bachelor's degree recipients.

Air Transport Student Demographics at SIUC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the air transport majors at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

SIUC Air Transportation Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of air transport associate's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in air transport at SIUC are white. Around 94% 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 Southern Illinois University Carbondale with a associate's in air transport.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SIUC Air Transportation Bachelor’s Program

Of the 154 air transport students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from SIUC, about 90% were men and 10% were women.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in air transport at SIUC 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 Southern Illinois University Carbondale with a bachelor's in air transport.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	123
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

SIUC 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 Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Aviation/Airway Management & Operations	117
General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology	37
Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew	17

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 IL, the home state for Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Flight Attendants	10,630	$53,220
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	9,350	$98,210
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	7,280	$193,600
Air Traffic Controllers	940	$136,390
Commercial Pilots	550	$99,990

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 Mark Jaroski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.