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Williston North Dakota, is situated in the Northwest corner of North Dakota along the banks of the mighty Missouri River. This setting gives flight students unique flight experience over the badlands in an all weather environment.

Educational Excellence
The John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences (UND Aerospace) is known worldwide in the aviation industry for its high standards of excellence in education. "It's sort of like Harvard at 35,000 feet."

At Williston State College, students complete the first two years in training toward a four-year bachelor's degree from the University of North Dakota's prestigious aerospace science program.

Through this program students can earn their private pilot license, commercial pilot license, and instrument rating plus complete general education courses at Williston.

UND's Aviation majors:
Air Traffic Control
Commercial Aviation
Flight Education
Aviation Systems Management
Airport Management
Aviation Management



Opportunities
A pilot's certificate can be a great business tool. It can open the doors to new job opportunities, expand a person's business territory, reduce travel time and more. In today's business world, more and more organizations own or lease business aircraft to keep ahead of the fast pace.

Commercial airlines, which are known for setting extremely high training and hiring standards, consistently look to UND for pilots. Currently, there is an increasing demand for qualified pilots - a trend expected to last into the future. As a result, all aviation associated industries are experiencing growth as well.

Graduates from UND have a multitude of career

options, from professional pilot, air traffic controller, airline executive, meteorologist, space professional, airport manager and more.

Photo by Roger Riveland