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2023 Best Value Air Transportation Associate Degree Schools in Texas

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$34,470 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,030 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Air Transportation Associate Degree School for You

In 2021-2022, 173 degrees and certificates were awarded to air transportation students who went to a Texas college or university. This makes it the #29 most popular major in the state.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Air Transportation Associate Degree Schools in Texas ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Texas to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for air transport students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Air Transportation Associate Degree Schools in Texas

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

Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Air Transportation

Our 2023 rankings named Texas State Technical College the best value school in Texas for air transportation students working on their associate degree. TSTC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Waco.

TSTC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,969 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their Associate Degree, air transport graduates from TSTC carry an average student debtload of $12,554.

In addition to its great value ranking, TSTC is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Air Transportation Associate Degree Trade Schools in Texas list.

Read full report on Air Transportation at Texas State Technical College

#2

LeTourneau University

Longview, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend LeTourneau University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Air Transportation Associate Degree Schools in Texas list. LETU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Longview.

LETU undergraduate students pay an average of $34,470 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Air Transportation at LeTourneau University

Best Value Air Transportation Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Air Transportation Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 324
Oklahoma 315
New Mexico 58

Air Transportation is one of 3 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Air Transport Concentrations

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

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 2 schools only.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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