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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$7,978 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.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

The Best Value Air Transportation Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Southwest 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.

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

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used 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 Southwest Region

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

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

Our analysis found Central New Mexico Community College to be the best value school for air transportation students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Southwest Region . CNM is a large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CNM are $7,978 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Tulsa Technology Center. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Air Transportation Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Tulsa, Tulsa Tech is a public college with a small student population.

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Best Air Transportation Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 324
Texas 173
Oklahoma 315
New Mexico 58

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 2 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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