Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew at Western Michigan University

What traits are you looking for in a airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew school? To help you decide if Western Michigan University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew program.

WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and approximately 19,887 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew section at the bottom of this page.

WMU Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew

WMU Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew progam at WMU 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 airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew major at WMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew. 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 Popular Airline Pilot & Flight Crew Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	2
Most Popular Airline Pilot & Flight Crew Trade Schools	3
Best Value Airline Pilot & Flight Crew Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Best Airline Pilot & Flight Crew Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	5
	6
Most Focused Airline Pilot & Flight Crew Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	7
Best Airline Pilot & Flight Crew Trade Schools	11
	14
Most Focused Airline Pilot & Flight Crew Trade Schools	19

Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew Student Demographics at WMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew majors at Western Michigan University.

WMU Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew Bachelor’s Program

Of the 111 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew from WMU in 2020-2021, 92% were men and 8% were women.

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew at WMU 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 Western Michigan University with a bachelor's in airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	93
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

WMU also has a doctoral program available in airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Aviation/Airway Management & Operations

Careers That Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew Grads May Go Into

A degree in airline/commercial/professional pilot and flight crew 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 Western Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	3,090	$233,550
Commercial Pilots	1,250	$93,640

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 TheKuLeR under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.