(Source: unmanned-aerial.com)
SuccessfulStudent.org, an online source for students to research colleges and fields of study, has published a ranking of the “15 Best Drone Training Colleges in America.”
The group says it considered “academic reputation, hands-on drone training in piloting/engineering, variety of course and accreditation.”
SuccessfulStudent.org’s rankings, in order, are as follows:
1. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Daytona Beach, Fla.)
2. Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, Okla.)
3. Indiana State University (Terre Haute, Ind.)
4. Kansas State University, Salina (Salina, Kan.)
5. The University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, N.D.)
6. Liberty University (Lynchburg, Va.)
7. Troy University (Troy, Ala.)
8. Lewis University (Romeoville, Ill.)
9. University of Louisiana at Monroe (Monroe, La.)
10. Northwestern Michigan College (Traverse City, Mich.)
11. The University of Nevada, Reno (Reno, Nev.)
12. Middle Tennessee State University (Murfreesboro, Tenn.)
13. Unmanned Vehicle University (Phoenix)
14. Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology (Tula, Okla.)
15. Educational organization SkyOp’s partners: Monroe Community College, Corporate College (Rochester, N.Y.) and Mohawk Valley Community College, Center for Corporate and Community Education (Utica, N.Y.)
No.1-ranked Embry-Riddle, No. 4-ranked Kansas State and No.5-ranked University of North Dakota are all members of the Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE), which heads the Federal Aviation Administration’s Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
See the full list here.
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Why is Northland Community and Technical College on the list? Our school offers state-of-the-art training in maintaining unmanned aircraft, offering students the ability to learn about all of the unmanned sectors, we focus on maintaining and structural, along with all communications the systems have to offer with one another; not to mention our extreme hiring percentage numbers.