Colleges in Minnesota for Aircraft Manufacturing

Northland Community and Technical College

• Northland Community and Technical College boasts an 86,000 square foot aviation campus located at the Thief River Falls Regional Airport. The college's aviation maintenance technology program offers educational opportunities for either an associate's degree of applied science or a certificate. Northland's curriculum is designed to prepare students for certification as a Federal Aviation Administration airframe and power plant mechanic.

  As of the 2010 academic year, tuition for the Aviation Maintenance Technology Program was $183.10 per credit.

  1101 Highway One East

  Thief River Falls, MN 56701

  218- 683-8800

  northlandcollege.edu/campus/trf

University of Minnesota: Twin Cities Campus

• The University of Minnesota offers a baccalaureate degree in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, a multi-disciplinary program drawing on classes from several departments within the university's College of Science and Engineering. To earn admission into the major, students must successfully complete nine core classes in mathematics, statistics and statistics. Requirements for the major itself include 11 aeromechanics-specific courses. The program also offers an internship experience opportunity for credit.

  As of August 2010, tuition was $6,144 per semester for residents of Minnesota, North and South Dakota or Manitoba, Canada. Tuition for non-resident students was $11, 959.

  University of Minnesota

  100 Church Street SE

  Minneapolis, MN 55455-0213

  612- 625-5000

  umn.edu/tc

Reciprocity Agreement

• The state of Minnesota participates in a tuition reciprocity program with the states of North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Under this program, Minnesota students can avoid paying non-resident tuition in participating in out-of-state universities. Students will instead pay either the costs of tuition at an equivalent Minnesota school, or the same tuition as a resident student in the particular state. If you're interested in an aircraft manufacturing school but don't think Northland or University of Minnesota are the right fit for you, consider looking into whether you can earn the degree in a neighboring state for the same costs.