Bachelor Degree?

[N590MA]

I am looking at completing my Bachelor degree. I currently have an Associate's degree in Aviation Admin. and would like to get my Bachlor's in business Admin. I was wondering how much weight the majors put on where your degree is from? Due to my sched. at my regional, on-line degree's are my best option. Thanks for any info.
N590MA

 

[iflyhigh]

N590MA:

The airlines only care that you have a Bachelor degree. I don't know of any that really care what the degree is in.

I would suggest you get a degree in something you might be able to use in the future if you desire.

 

[L'il J.Seinfeld]

Yet many civies bitch and whine about mil pilots getting preferential treatment. Is a degree a big factor? No. But if you put two applicants beside each other and one is a West point or Florida State grad and the other has an online degree there is a disparity.

 

[AAflyer]

N590MA:

The airlines only care that you have a Bachelor degree. I don't know of any that really care what the degree is in.

I would suggest you get a degree in something you might be able to use in the future if you desire.

At the rate the industry pay scale is going, it will not be required much longer, heck, at this rate they will probably start allowing GEDs.


AA

Joking......Well...Kind of......:erm:

 

[pilotyip]

According to Air Inc only 4 of the 173 airlines presently hiring make the degree a showstopper. Great airlines like SWA, JB, UPS, and Air Tran do not let the presence or absence of a degree stand in the way of hiring the right pilot. Get a degree if you want to, but it has nothing to do with flying an airplane. If you want to be a pilot fly airplanes, do the degree on the side you will come oput ahead.

 

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I am looking at completing my Bachelor degree. I currently have an Associate's degree in Aviation Admin. and would like to get my Bachlor's in business Admin. I was wondering how much weight the majors put on where your degree is from? Due to my sched. at my regional, on-line degree's are my best option. Thanks for any info.
N590MA

Get it if you can, it will help.

Some things to keep in mind.

1. What you get the degree in (for an airline job), does not matter.

2. Online / Offline / In classroom? does not matter (many do a mix)

3. What DOES matter is accreditation, and this is where you need to be carefull, look for accredition by any of the following six organizations. If your degree program is accredited by any of these six organizations, your good (no matter how you earned your degree)

Middle State Association of Colleges and Schools www.msache.org

New England Association of Schools and Colleges www.neasc.org

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools www.ncacihe.org

Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges www.cocnasc.org

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools www.sacs.org

Western Association of Schools and Colleges www.wascweb.org

If your degree program is NOT accredited by any of the above STAY AWAY from it.

4. One place your might look into is Excelsior college www.excelsior.edu , they will accept your credits (from accredited schools), they will give you credit for your FAA ratings (as free electives), and of course like most schools they accept CLEP, DANTES and some other standardized tests for credit toward your degree.