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2023 Best Value Air Transportation Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$11,817 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.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for trade school students. 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 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 Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Southeast Region to see which basic certificate 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Air Transportation Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Check out the air transport basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Southeast Region 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 Southeast Region for air transportation students working on their basic certificate. Located in the small city of Daytona Beach, Embry-Riddle Worldwide is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Embry-Riddle Worldwide undergraduate students pay an average of $11,185 in tuition and fees each year.

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

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Middle Georgia State University is a great value for air transportation students working on their basic certificate. Middle Georgia State University is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Macon.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Middle Georgia State University are $12,448 per year.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at L3 Commercial Training Solutions Airline Academy helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value air transportation schools in the Southeast Region . L3 Commercial Training Solutions Airline Academy is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the rural area of Sanford.

Read full report on Air Transportation at L3 Commercial Training Solutions Airline Academy

Best Air Transportation Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 88
South Carolina 7
Arkansas 52
North Carolina 113
Florida 3,497
West Virginia 1
Louisiana 33
Virginia 413
Alabama 103
Kentucky 47
Tennessee 145
Mississippi 63

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

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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