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Old 19th Jul 2021, 06:51
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FWIW, which is not very much, I would go with Maggie Island: get a business degree, and pursue flying as a separate activity, simultaneously or in sequence. I know naught about aviation, but my experience of universities is that the courses with a flavour CAN be rather watered down (the most extreme example is the difference between Law and Commercial Law at a uni known to me). A degree with a specialisation in Accounting, or Marketing, or Management Information, or whatever is going to be more generally useful if the aviation industry is still earthbound when you graduate, than one with 'Aviation' in front of it. Specialisations in the aviation-relevant topics might be better done as a graduate diploma add-on.

It might be that one or more of the courses you propose are actually first-rate. You're obviously doing the right thing asking here; but given you might be forced to take a job outside aviation, it might be also worthwhile trying to find out how accountants, say, think about Aviation Business degrees compared with straight Business degrees.

Good luck.
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