2025 Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Aviation/Airway Management & Operations is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #261 most popular associate degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for aviation/airway management & operations students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 136 associate degrees in aviation/airway management & operations during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Aviation/Airway Management & Operations School for Your Associate Degree

The aviation/airway management and operations associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality aviation/airway management and operations program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on aviation/airway management & operations students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other aviation/airway management & operations students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized aviation/airway management & operations related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for aviation/airway management & operations students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Aviation/Airway Management & Operations in the Southeast Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in aviation/airway management & operations.

Top Southeast Region Schools for an Associate in Aviation/Airway Management and Operations

1

Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, FL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

7 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Florida Institute of Technology if you wish to pursue an associate degree in aviation/airway management & operations. Located in the small city of Melbourne, Florida Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.More information about a associate in aviation/airway management & operations from Florida Institute of Technology

2

Florida State College at Jacksonville
Jacksonville, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

Florida State College at Jacksonville is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in aviation/airway management & operations. FSCJ is a fairly large public college located in the city of Jacksonville.More information about a associate in aviation/airway management & operations from Florida State College at Jacksonville

3

Polk State College
Winter Haven, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

7 Annual Graduates

Polk State College is a good choice for students pursuing an associate degree in aviation/airway management & operations. Polk State is a moderately-sized public college located in the city of Winter Haven.More information about a associate in aviation/airway management & operations from Polk State College

Best Aviation/Airway Management & Operations Colleges by State

Explore the best aviation/airway management & operations schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	272	1
Florida	232	141

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Rankings in Majors Related to Aviation/Airway Management and Operations

Aviation/Airway Management & Operations is one of 7 different types of Air Transportation programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Aviation/Airway Management and Operations

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology	355
Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot & Flight Crew	123
Air Traffic Controller	49
Flight Instructor	23

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.