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Most Popular Air Transportation Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

2023 Most Popular Air Transportation Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

14 Colleges
$42,638 Avg Salary
$23,965 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Air Transportation School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, air transportation was ranked #19 in the country. In fact 10,326 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2021-2022.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

The Most Popular Air Transportation Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 14 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones were the most popular 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 Colleges.

Our analysis found Utah Valley University to be the most popular school for air transportation students who want to pursue a degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the city of Orem, UVU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Metropolitan State University of Denver is a great place for air transportation students. Located in the large city of Denver, MSU Denver is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Utah State University is a great place for air transportation students. USU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Logan.

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#4

Westminster College Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Westminster College Utah. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Air Transportation Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Westminster College Salt Lake is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.

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#4

Southern Utah University

Cedar City, UT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southern Utah University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Air Transportation Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the town of Cedar City, Southern Utah University is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#6

Rocky Mountain College

Billings, MT

Rocky Mountain College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Air Transportation Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the city of Billings, Rocky is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#7

Aims Community College

Greeley, CO

Aims Community College ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Air Transportation Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the city of Greeley, Aims Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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Montana State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for air transportation students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the remote town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public college with a large student population.

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Colorado Northwestern Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Air Transportation Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the rural area of Rangely, CNCC is a public college with a small student population.

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#10

Northwest College

Powell, WY

Northwest College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Air Transportation Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the remote town of Powell, Northwest Community College is a public school with a small student population.

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Best Air Transportation Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 149
Utah 455
Montana 38
Wyoming 6

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

Majors Similar to Air Transport

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 14 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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