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Most Popular Air Transportation Bachelor's Degree Trade Schools in South Dakota

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

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$45,159 Avg Salary
$22,560 Avg Student Debt

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

In 2021-2022, 11 degrees and certificates were awarded to air transportation students who went to a South Dakota college or university. This makes it the #26 most popular major in the state.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Most Popular Air Transportation Bachelor's Degree Trade Schools in South Dakota ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in South Dakota 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for air transport majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named National American University - Rapid City the most popular school in South Dakota for air transportation students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Rapid City, National American University - Rapid City is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 11% of the air transport majors at the school.

Air Transport majors at National American University - Rapid City take out an average of $20,094 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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The in-demand bachelor’s degree programs at South Dakota State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular air transportation schools in South Dakota. Located in the remote town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public college with a large student population.

About 12% of the students majoring in air transport at the school are women while 88% are male.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means National American University - Ellsworth AFB Extension is a great place for air transportation students working on their bachelor’s degree. National American University - Ellsworth AFB Extension is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the fringe town of Box Elder.

The average amount in student loans that air transport majors at National American University - Ellsworth AFB Extension take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $20,094.

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Best Air Transportation Colleges in the Plains States Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 68
Missouri 61
Minnesota 77
Iowa 58
North Dakota 274
Nebraska 35

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).

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