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2023 Best Air Transportation Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

5 Colleges
$42,638 Avg Salary
$23,965 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Air Transportation School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, air transportation was ranked #19 in the country. In fact 10,326 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2021-2022.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Air Transportation Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best programs for trade school students.

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2023 Best Air Transportation Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Air Transportation Colleges.

Top Rocky Mountains Region Trade Schools in Air Transportation

Our 2023 rankings named Utah Valley University the best school in the Rocky Mountains Region for air transportation students. Located in the city of Orem, UVU is a public college with a very large student population.

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#2

Westminster College Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Westminster College Utah. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Air Transportation Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Westminster College Salt Lake is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.

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#3

Rocky Mountain College

Billings, MT

The excellent programs at Rocky Mountain College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best air transportation schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the midsize city of Billings, Rocky is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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The excellent programs at Metropolitan State University of Denver helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best air transportation schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the city of Denver, MSU Denver is a public college with a large student population.

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The excellent programs at Utah State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best air transportation schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . USU is a very large public school located in the city of Logan.

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Best Air Transportation Colleges by State

Explore the best air transportation schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 149
Utah 455
Montana 38
Wyoming 6

One of 3 majors within the trade school area of study, air transportation has other similar majors worth exploring.

Air Transport Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology 5,487
Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew 2,262
Aviation/Airway Management & Operations 1,797
Other Air Transportation 303
Air Traffic Controller 228
Remote Aircraft Pilot 91
Airline Flight Attendant 81
Flight Instructor 77

Majors Similar to Air Transport

Related Major Annual Graduates
Ground Transportation 21,480
Marine Transportation 1,493
Other Transportation & Materials Moving 7

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

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