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2023 Most Popular Air Transportation Bachelor's Degree Trade Schools in California

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Finding the Best Air Transportation Bachelor's Degree School for You

With 458 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, air transportation is the #22 most popular major in California.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Most Popular Air Transportation Bachelor's Degree Trade Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular bachelor's degree programs for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Air Transportation program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Air Transportation Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named San Jose State University the most popular school in California for air transportation students working on their bachelor’s degree. San Jose State is a very large public school located in the city of San Jose.

Women make up 14% of the air transport majors at the school.

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Out of the 7 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California Baptist University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Cal Baptist is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Riverside.

About 19% of the students majoring in air transport at the school are women while 81% are male.

Full Air Transportation at California Baptist University Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Santa Barbara Business College - Ventura is a great place for air transportation students working on their bachelor’s degree. Santa Barbara Business College - Ventura is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Bakersfield.

Women make up 21% of the air transport majors at the school.

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#3

San Diego Christian College

Spring Valley, CA

Out of the 7 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, San Diego Christian College landed the # 3 spot on the list. San Diego Christian is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Spring Valley.

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#5

Pacific Union College

Angwin, CA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Pacific Union College is a great place for air transportation students working on their bachelor’s degree. PUC is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Angwin.

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University of Southern California came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Air Transportation Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in California ranking. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Air Transportation at University of Southern California

William Jessup University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for air transportation students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the rural area of Rocklin, William Jessup University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Full Air Transportation at William Jessup University Report

Best Air Transportation Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Air Transportation Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 455
Oregon 90
Nevada 29
Alaska 36
Hawaii 13

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 7 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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