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Best Value Air Transportation Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

2023 Best Value Air Transportation Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College

$28,092 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Air Transportation Basic Certificate 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.

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 Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.

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.

Best Air Transportation Basic Certificate School

Metropolitan State University of Denver

Denver, CO

17 Basic Certificates

$28,092 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Metropolitan State University of Denver the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for air transportation students working on their basic certificate. 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.

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

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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 values are for the top school 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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