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Best Value Air Transportation Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

2023 Best Value Air Transportation Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$20,508 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$45,159 Avg Salary

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

Air Transportation is the #19 most popular major in the country with 10,326 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Air Transportation Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for air transport students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Air Transportation

Our 2023 rankings named Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for air transportation students working on their bachelor’s degree. Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Flushing.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology are $27,730 a year. Air Transport majors at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology take out an average of $24,482 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $331.

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#2

York College

Jamaica, NY

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at York College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value air transportation schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . York is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Jamaica.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at York are $15,308 per year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, air transport graduates from York carry an average student debtload of $13,450.

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#3

Farmingdale State College

Farmingdale, NY

Out of the 3 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Farmingdale State College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Farmingdale, SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale are $18,486 per year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, air transport graduates from SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale carry an average student debtload of $18,034.

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Best Air Transportation Colleges by State

Explore the best air transportation schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 218
Pennsylvania 42
New Jersey 22
Maryland 42
Delaware 14

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

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 3 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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