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COCC Aviation Degree Program

COCC Aviation Degree Program

Taking Higher Education To New Heights

When you enroll in the COCC aviation degree program, you’ll earn your degree while completing training towards your helicopter or airplane pilot ratings. Together, an academic degree and pilot training position you for success in your future employment.

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Benefits of An Aviation Degree

While you don’t need an aviation degree to become a professional pilot, there are some distinct benefits to learning to fly while obtaining a degree: 

  • Enrolling at COCC opens up more financing options, including federal student loans, grants, and scholarships.
  • An aviation degree can open additional opportunities and show more commitment and education than those without an aviation degree.

With COCC, you’ll earn your Aviation Science Degree while completing your flight training. This degree program includes 550 hours of aviation-specific classroom courses to provide a much broader level of learning. 

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FEATURED STUDENT

LEVI ROGERS

COCC Leading Edge Helicopter Program Graduate

Levi Rogers chose the COCC and Leading Edge helicopter training program because of the variety of career options available to graduates. During his time at LEFA, Levi obtained his Private certificate, Instrument rating, and Commercial certificate. We went on to obtain his CFI/CFII, flying as an instructor and running Part 91 tours through the end of his training program. By the time he graduated, Levi was interested in using his experience to pursue a few different career paths. From Grand Canyon helicopter tours to working off-shore and gas or utility operations, the sky is truly the limit for COCC/LEFA graduates. 

 

“This is an inclusive program, anybody could do it. It just depends on your work ethic… It takes hard work and you’ve gotta apply yourself.” — Levi

FEATURED STUDENT

JACOB EDGERLY

COCC Leading Edge Graduate

When Jacob first started his flight training with Leading Edge Flight Academy, he wasn’t sure where that training would take him. Four years later, he was to begin an exciting new career with Horizon Airlines. Jacob’s journey from working line and fueling airplanes to flying commercial jets began with the support he received from our program’s expert team. Working with his COCC advisor and flight provider, Jacob was able to lay out a plan that supported his goals and helped him to get to where he wanted to go: commercial airlines.

 

“When I started flying, the college and the flight provider laid out a plan for me—where I was gonna start and where I wanted to end up… 3.5 years later, I’m going to the airlines, which is exactly where I wanted to be when I started.” — Jacob

Why Choose COCC Over Other Degree Programs?

Industry professionals developed the COCC program to deliver the educational outcomes of a four-year degree program in two years. This means you can become a certificated pilot and start as a flight instructor in just 18-24 months. Flight Instructor positions are like paid internships in other industries. You can gain valuable skills and experience but no longer have to pay for that flight time. Many instructors choose to continue their education and complete their Bachelor’s degree online!

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COCC and Leading Edge helped get me to where I am today. The instructors, working with management, always wanted the best. It’s the group of people you work with that makes a company great, and at Leading Edge the camaraderie within the organization was awesome. That is what I saw as a student and an instructor. I really liked my time there and enjoyed the fact that everyone was tracking the same goal. I would recommend anyone to go fly there because there is a distinct difference in the knowledge and ambition coming out of this school that I haven’t seen from other pilots from different schools.

Andrew Camara

Andrew Camara