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2023 Most Popular Air Transportation Trade Schools in California

17 Colleges
$38,575 Avg Salary
$21,923 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Air Transportation 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Most Popular Air Transportation Trade Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in California to see which 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Air Transportation Colleges.

Our analysis found Mt. San Antonio College to be the most popular school for air transportation students who want to pursue a degree in California. Mt. SAC is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Walnut.

Read full report on Air Transportation at Mt. San Antonio College

#2

Cypress College

Cypress, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Cypress College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Air Transportation Trade Schools in California list. Located in the large suburb of Cypress, Cypress College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Air Transportation at Cypress College

#3

Sacramento City College

Sacramento, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Sacramento City College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Air Transportation Trade Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Sacramento, Sacramento City is a public school with a large student population.

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Out of the 17 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, San Jose State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. San Jose State is a very large public school located in the city of San Jose.

Read full report on Air Transportation at San Jose State University

#5

Orange Coast College

Costa Mesa, CA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Orange Coast College is a great place for air transportation students. Located in the medium-sized city of Costa Mesa, Orange Coast College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Full Air Transportation at Orange Coast College Report

Glendale Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Air Transportation Trade Schools in California list. Located in the midsize city of Glendale, GCC is a public school with a large student population.

Full Air Transportation at Glendale Community College Report

#7

San Diego Miramar College

San Diego, CA

With a ranking of #7, San Diego Miramar College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for air transportation students. Located in the city of San Diego, San Diego Miramar College is a public college with a large student population.

Full Air Transportation at San Diego Miramar College Report

California Baptist University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Air Transportation Trade Schools in California ranking. Cal Baptist is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Riverside.

Read full report on Air Transportation at California Baptist University

#9

San Diego Christian College

Spring Valley, CA

With a ranking of #9, San Diego Christian College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for air transportation students. San Diego Christian is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Spring Valley.

Read full report on Air Transportation at San Diego Christian College

With a ranking of #9, Santa Barbara Business College - Ventura did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for air transportation students. Santa Barbara Business College - Ventura is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Bakersfield.

Read full report on Air Transportation at Santa Barbara Business College - Ventura

Best Air Transportation Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Air Transportation Colleges 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 17 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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