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Best Value Air Transportation Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

2023 Best Value Air Transportation Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$28,446 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$45,159 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Air Transportation Bachelor's Degree 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.

The Best Value Air Transportation Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Rocky Mountains 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. 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 the Rocky Mountains Region

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

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Air Transportation

Our 2023 rankings named Utah Valley University the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for air transportation students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Orem, UVU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UVU are $17,830 a year. The average amount in student loans that air transport majors at UVU take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $25,773.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UVU also did well on our Best Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Air Transportation at Utah Valley University Report

#2

Westminster College Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Westminster College Utah. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree 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.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Westminster College Salt Lake are $39,832 a year. Air Transport majors at Westminster College Salt Lake take out an average of $24,700 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

Full Air Transportation at Westminster College Utah Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Utah State University is a great value for air transportation students working on their bachelor’s degree. USU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Logan.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at USU are $24,223 per year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, air transport graduates from USU carry an average student debtload of $22,700.

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

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at MSU Denver are $28,092 a year. Air Transport majors at MSU Denver take out an average of $23,651 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

Read full report on Air Transportation at Metropolitan State University of Denver

#5

Rocky Mountain College

Billings, MT

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Rocky Mountain College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value air transportation schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the city of Billings, Rocky is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Rocky are $32,252 per year.

Read full report on Air Transportation at Rocky Mountain College

Best Air Transportation Colleges by State

Explore the best air transportation colleges 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.

  • 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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