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2023 Most Popular Air Transportation Trade Schools in Arizona

7 Colleges
$52,083 Avg Salary
$25,919 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Air Transportation School for You

With 324 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, air transportation is the #14 most popular major in Arizona.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

The Most Popular Air Transportation Trade Schools in Arizona ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Arizona 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 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott to be the most popular school for air transportation students who want to pursue a degree in Arizona. Embry-Riddle Prescott is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Prescott.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Air Transportation Trade Schools in Arizona list. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Tempe.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Chandler-Gilbert Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Air Transportation Trade Schools in Arizona list. Chandler-Gilbert Community College is a large public school located in the city of Chandler.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Cochise County Community College District. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Air Transportation Trade Schools in Arizona list. Cochise College is a small public school located in the small city of Sierra Vista.

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#4

Yavapai College

Prescott, AZ

The excellent programs at Yavapai College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best air transportation schools in Arizona. Yavapai College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Prescott.

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Arizona Western College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for air transportation students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the small city of Yuma, AWC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#7

Rio Salado College

Tempe, AZ

Rio Salado College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Air Transportation Trade Schools in Arizona ranking. Located in the city of Tempe, Rio Salado College is a public college with a large student population.

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Best Air Transportation Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 173
Oklahoma 315
New Mexico 58

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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