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Best Value Air Transportation Bachelor's Degree Schools in Michigan

2023 Best Value Air Transportation Bachelor's Degree Schools in Michigan

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$15,517 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$45,159 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Air Transportation Bachelor's Degree School for You

With 251 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, air transportation is the #19 most popular major in Michigan.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

The Best Value Air Transportation Bachelor's Degree Schools in Michigan ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Michigan to see which bachelor's 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for air transport majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Best Michigan Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Air Transportation

Our 2023 rankings named Western Michigan University the best value school in Michigan for air transportation students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WMU are $14,623 a year. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $680.

Full Air Transportation at Western Michigan University Report

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Eastern Michigan University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value air transportation schools in Michigan. Located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Eastern Michigan are $16,410 per year.

Read full report on Air Transportation at Eastern Michigan University

Best Value Air Transportation Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 265
Wisconsin 18
Ohio 249
Illinois 315

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 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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