Originally Posted by
deltajuliet
What about UND-type schools? Besides Embry Riddle, the price point is virtually identical to getting a 4-year-degree and learning to fly separately, so what does it matter? You can argue a smarter person would get a fallback degree, but I could argue an aeronautical degree better prepares pilots to be professional aviators thereby making them more marketable.
I' not asking rhetorically; I hear a lot of disdain for aviation degrees and I don't know why.
I have an aviation degree. I can honestly say it was easier than most high school classes. Fine with me, but I don't feel they are worth a lot or academically challenging like many other degrees.