College credit for flying experience?
04-30-2016 | 02:37 PM
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04-30-2016 | 02:51 PM
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04-30-2016 | 03:13 PM
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http://daytonabeach.erau.edu/admissions/estimated-costs/
For online classes $250 per credit hour for military and $355 per credit hour for civilian.
04-30-2016 | 04:08 PM
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Going back to 1989 here but I transferred into SIU-Carbondale after only one semester at Riddle. Aviation Management. Already had my Commercial, instrument and Multi-Engine. Plus two summers of work experience tugging banners down the beach. I was given credit for all of that. All in all I completed a B.S. Degree in 3.5 years.
04-30-2016 | 07:36 PM
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Cheapest way to do it
If you're a High School Student and disciplined, the cheapest/quickest way to getting your degree and most of your flight training for a low cost is:
1. Join the AF or Navy for 4 yrs
2. While your in complete as much college as you can for free. Right now you get 16 credit hours per year in TA. first year you're in eligible. so 3x16=48 credits completed. money spent $0.
3. Save some of the money you earned to pay for the last 12 credits to get your A.S. if its ERAU 12x$250(military rate per credit hour online)=$3000.
4. Get out of the Military Use the Post 9/11 G.I. Bill to go back to your school of choice, in this case ERAU and complete college and your flight training for Free.99 + you get a stipend and a housing allowance.
5. Start working as a CFI.
Total commitment 6-7 yrs (24 or 25 yrs old)
Total Cost: $3k + Books
Total Benefit: you are marketable, mostly debt-free, you're a veteran and have some life experience.
Again it takes someone who is focused, mature and disciplined to pull it off.
1. Join the AF or Navy for 4 yrs
2. While your in complete as much college as you can for free. Right now you get 16 credit hours per year in TA. first year you're in eligible. so 3x16=48 credits completed. money spent $0.
3. Save some of the money you earned to pay for the last 12 credits to get your A.S. if its ERAU 12x$250(military rate per credit hour online)=$3000.
4. Get out of the Military Use the Post 9/11 G.I. Bill to go back to your school of choice, in this case ERAU and complete college and your flight training for Free.99 + you get a stipend and a housing allowance.
5. Start working as a CFI.
Total commitment 6-7 yrs (24 or 25 yrs old)
Total Cost: $3k + Books
Total Benefit: you are marketable, mostly debt-free, you're a veteran and have some life experience.
Again it takes someone who is focused, mature and disciplined to pull it off.
04-30-2016 | 07:36 PM
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Liberty University will give you credit for your ratings. If you work for certain companies (check with them), you will also get 15% off of your tuition. If you already have an ATP and CFI-I, I think you can do everything else on-line.
04-30-2016 | 07:39 PM
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04-30-2016 | 08:19 PM
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Let me try to understand the question; he/she is asking if any colleges offer credit toward a degree if you posses a pilot certificate or have flying experience.
The answer to that question (to my knowledge) is no!
If the question is do aviation colleges honor the certificates that you hold then the answer is yes! Western Michigan University, my alma mater, will give you "credit" for your private pilot certificate and instrument rating. You will have to attend a transition course which qualifies the ratings you hold and allows you to continue under the part 141 curriculum to attain a commercial certificate.
Most if not all accredited universities, accredited being the key word here, base their "aviation degrees" on a bachelors of science. That would mean that you graduate with a BS in Aviation Flight Sciences or whatever the case may be. A BS in science from an accredited university would absolutely meet the militaries 4-year degree requirement.
Edit: as I have just read from the above post and researched apperently ERAU does give course credit for held certificates (https://worldwide.erau.edu/Assets/wo...FAA_Credit.pdf). As I search this more I am finding other colleges that offer credit as well. As long as that credit is being put toward a degree in a related field in some cases.
The answer to that question (to my knowledge) is no!
If the question is do aviation colleges honor the certificates that you hold then the answer is yes! Western Michigan University, my alma mater, will give you "credit" for your private pilot certificate and instrument rating. You will have to attend a transition course which qualifies the ratings you hold and allows you to continue under the part 141 curriculum to attain a commercial certificate.
Most if not all accredited universities, accredited being the key word here, base their "aviation degrees" on a bachelors of science. That would mean that you graduate with a BS in Aviation Flight Sciences or whatever the case may be. A BS in science from an accredited university would absolutely meet the militaries 4-year degree requirement.
Edit: as I have just read from the above post and researched apperently ERAU does give course credit for held certificates (https://worldwide.erau.edu/Assets/wo...FAA_Credit.pdf). As I search this more I am finding other colleges that offer credit as well. As long as that credit is being put toward a degree in a related field in some cases.
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