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Best Value Air Transportation Basic Certificate Schools

2023 Best Value Air Transportation Basic Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$13,953 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Air Transportation Basic Certificate School for You

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

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Air Transportation Basic Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 8 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for air transport students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Air Transportation Basic Certificate Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for air transport majors pursuing a basic certificate.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Air Transportation

Our 2023 rankings named Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide the best value school in the United States for air transportation students working on their basic certificate. Embry-Riddle Worldwide is a large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Daytona Beach.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Embry-Riddle Worldwide are $11,185 per year.

Full Air Transportation at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide Report

The excellent basic certificate programs at Central New Mexico Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value air transportation schools in the United States. Located in the city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public school with a large student population.

CNM undergraduate students pay an average of $7,978 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Middle Georgia State University is a great value for air transportation students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Macon, Middle Georgia State University is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Middle Georgia State University are $12,448 a year.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Community College of Baltimore County helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value air transportation schools in the United States. Located in the suburb of Baltimore, CCBC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CCBC are $10,062 a year.

Read full report on Air Transportation at Community College of Baltimore County

Out of the 8 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Denver, MSU Denver is a public college with a large student population.

MSU Denver undergraduate students pay an average of $28,092 in tuition and fees each year.

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International Air and Hospitality Academy did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for air transportation students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Vancouver, International Air and Hospitality Academy is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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Tulsa Technology Center landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate air transportation programs. Tulsa Tech is a small public school located in the large city of Tulsa.

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L3 Commercial Training Solutions Airline Academy did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for air transportation students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the rural area of Sanford, L3 Commercial Training Solutions Airline Academy is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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Air Transportation by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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

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 8 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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