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PostPosted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 6:44 am 
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What is the best 4 year university with an aviation degree? Since as long as i could remember i always wanted to be a pilot, hopefully one day in the air force or other military branches (jet pilot specifically). Even after the military would still like to continue to be a pilot, perhaps as a commercial airline pilot.


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 7:36 pm 
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Check out Louisiana Tech University's Professional Aviation department. It's where I went. Started off in the Pro Av arena until it got too expensive, then moved to Aviation Management.

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A different viewpoint on professional flying:
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 10:30 am 
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Why not get an aerospace (or mechanical) engineering degree? You'll have a better idea of what actually makes airplanes fly and a good fallback career if the first one doesn't work out as you expect. Getting an "easy degree" just to meet some arbitrary degree requirement probably isn't the best use of your time. A military pilot with an engineering degree would also be useful for either a military or civilian test pilot job.

Note, I'm not saying that any of the degrees previously mentioned are "easy," it's just that I know people who have gotten liberal arts degrees to meet arbitrary educational requirements. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I'm just suggesting you reduce any risk in case "Plan A" doesn't work out and at least get a good aviation related degree if that is your passion.


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Embry Riddle is considered one of the best for aeronautical engineering.


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Parks College of St. Louis University is pretty well thought of.

http://parks.slu.edu/

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There are some universities that credit you hours if you hold a valid A&P. :shock:

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