Find Trade Colleges

Most Popular Air Transportation Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Illinois

2023 Most Popular Air Transportation Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Illinois

2 Colleges

Finding the Best Air Transportation Basic Certificate School for You

In 2021-2022, 315 degrees and certificates were awarded to air transportation students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #19 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Most Popular Air Transportation Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Illinois to see which basic certificate programs were the most popular 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.

Check out the air transport basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Illinois.

#1

Parkland College

Champaign, IL

Our analysis found Parkland College to be the most popular school for air transportation students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Illinois. Parkland College is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Champaign.

Women make up 23% of the air transport majors at the school.

Read full report on Air Transportation at Parkland College

Request Information

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern Illinois College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Air Transportation Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Illinois list. SWIC is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Belleville.

Full Air Transportation at Southwestern Illinois College Report

Request Information

Best Air Transportation Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Air Transportation Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 251
Indiana 265
Wisconsin 18
Ohio 249

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 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.

Find Trade Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited trade schools across the U.S.