Is a Air Transportation degree worth it?
Across 46 schools, graduates of Air Transportation earn a median $75,280 five years out on $22,244 of debt. Graduates most commonly work as Flight Attendants (modeled from the federal CIP-to-SOC crosswalk). These earnings and debt figures come from the U.S. Dept. of Education.
Median 5-yr pay
$75,280
Median debt
$22,244
Years to pay off
2.9
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
25%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+6.3%
BLS 2024–2034
Gender pay gap
14.5%
$84,218 vs $72,040
Net price
$15,528/yr
Debt-test failures
0%
of programs
'Real' premium
+$15,193
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Air Transportation in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.