aviation management degree

[troyzohner]

Does anyone have an aviation management degree? Are you actually working an aviation job (not necessarily flying) with it? What kind of realistic opportunities are there in the industry with an aviation management degree? Does such a degree carry any weight outside of the aviation industry?

 

[cj610]

I have an Aviation Management Degree from Eastern Michigan University. It is, or should I say was (got it back in early 90's) a basic business program w/ an emphasis on aviation. I really can't say if it has benefited me over any other degree choises I could have made. Its benefit for me, at the time, was that it kept my interest and helped me finish school. I don't know if this helps, but thats my 2 cents.

CJ 610

 

[typhoonpilot]

I have a degree from San Jose State University's " Aviation " program. It was called the Aeronautics department when I went and was under the School of Engineering. Now it is under another department and is called an Aviation degree. The degree there is, or rather was, Aeronautical Operations with three possible sub-categories' Operations, Maintenance, or Management. I chose Operations because it had a little management and a little maintenance along with the operational side. Most of the students were looking at flying as a career but some were targeting airline management, either on the maintenance end or the administrative side.

I'm quite happy with the degree and it has helped in my career.

A degree in Aviation management could feasibly help outside of aviation if you were looking at management positions. If that was the case though, why not just get a normal business or marketing degree ?


Typhoonpilot

 

[BoDEAN]

I have an Aviation Management Degree from Eastern Michigan University. It is, or should I say was (got it back in early 90's) a basic business program w/ an emphasis on aviation. I really can't say if it has benefited me over any other degree choises I could have made. Its benefit for me, at the time, was that it kept my interest and helped me finish school. I don't know if this helps, but thats my 2 cents.

CJ 610

How did you like Eastern? Went to Western myself, haven't heard from anyone that went to Eastern, curious how their program is/was.