Air Transportation at Delta State University

If you plan to study air transportation, take a look at what Delta State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Delta State University is located in Cleveland, Mississippi and approximately 2,999 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 students received their master's degree in air transport.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Air Transportation section at the bottom of this page.

Delta State University Air Transportation Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Air Transport

Online Classes Are Available at Delta State University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Delta State University offers distance education options for air transport at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Delta State University Air Transportation Rankings

Air Transport Student Demographics at Delta State University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the air transport majors at Delta State University.

Delta State University Air Transportation Master’s Program

Of the 27 students who graduated with a master’s in air transport from Delta State University in 2021, 74% were men and 26% were women.

Of the students who received a air transport master's degree from Delta State University, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Delta State University with a master's in air transport.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	18
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

Careers That Air Transport Grads May Go Into

A degree in air transport can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MS, the home state for Delta State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	1,000	$87,910
Commercial Pilots	300	$103,000
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	180	$94,760
Air Traffic Controllers	140	$84,240

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Kilobytezero under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.