Air Transportation
Contains Stem Majors
Add ComparisonIn 2024, the locations with the highest concentration of Air Transportation degree recipients are Daytona Beach, FL, Lynchburg, VA, and Grand Forks, ND. In 2024, the locations with a relatively high number of Air Transportation degree recipients are Kaiminani, HI, Daytona Beach, FL, and Grand Forks, ND. The most common degree awarded to students studying Air Transportation is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Air Transportation and the types of students that study this field. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide awards the most degrees in Air Transportation in the US, but Mauna Loa Helicopters and California Aeronautical University have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Air Transportation.
Tuition costs for Air Transportation majors are, on average, $6,401 for in-state public colleges, and $34,544 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Air Transportation programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (112 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (5,470 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Air Transportation, is Public, 4-year or above (5,470 completions in 2024).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Air Transportation programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide has the most Air Transportation degree recipients, with 1,610 degrees awarded in 2024.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Air Transportation.
Out of all institutions that offer Air Transportation programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Mauna Loa Helicopters has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Air Transportation, with 100%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Air Transportation by year.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Transportation graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Transportation majors is $131,520 and the most common occupations are Aircraft pilots & flight engineers, Other managers, and Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists.
The industry that employs the most Transportation majors is Air transportation, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Used merchandise retailers.
The average salary for Transportation majors is $131,520 and the most common occupations are Aircraft pilots & flight engineers, Other managers, and Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Transportation majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Transportation majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Transportation majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations for Transportation majors, by number of employees, are Aircraft pilots & flight engineers, Other managers, and Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Transportation majors working as Aircraft pilots & flight engineers, Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists, and Ship & boat captains & operators.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Transportation majors are Surgeons, Physicians, and Physician assistants.
The number of Transportation graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.91%, from 170,712 in 2023 to 177,392 in 2024.
The largest single share of Transportation graduates go on to work as Aircraft pilots & flight engineers (26.6%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Transportation by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Transportation majors, by number of employees, are Air transportation, Services incidental to transportation, and Aircraft & parts manufacturing.
The highest paying industries of Transportation majors, by average wage, are Used merchandise retailers, Not specified utilities, and Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers.
The number of Transportation graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.91%, from 170,712 in 2023 to 177,392 in 2024.
The industry which employs the most Transportation graduates by share is Air transportation, followed by Services incidental to transportation. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Transportation.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Transportation majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Transportation majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Transportation in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Transportation is 43.8.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Male employees are more likely to hold Transportation degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Transportation (6,451 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Transportation. The most common ages of employees with this major are 37 and 41 years old, which represent 3.19% and 3.03% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Air Transportation are Bachelors Degree, Associates Degree, and Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Transportation are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Air Transportation.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Air Transportation for each race & ethnicity.
In 2024, White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Air Transportation.
White Male students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Switzerland that hold Transportation degrees (10.9 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Philippines (2,921 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Air Transportation field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Air Transportation majors need many skills, but most especially Active Listening. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Air Transportation majors need more than the average amount of Operation and Control, Troubleshooting, and Operations Monitoring.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Air Transportation majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Operation and Control is very distinctive for majors, but the Active Listening, Monitoring, and Reading Comprehension are the three most important skills for people in the field.
