Education

Higher Education

The Appalachian Sky region includes and has easy access to numerous education opportunities, including universities, community colleges, and technical schools which offer Aerospace Industry professional and STEM degrees.

Universities

• Ashland University
  • Offers pilot and general aviation degrees

• Eastern Kentucky University, Hazard Campus Branch

• Marshall University
  • Comprehensive university
  • Offers engineering, medical and other undergraduate and graduate level professional and STEM related degrees

• Morehead State University
  • Comprehensive university
  • Home of Morehead Science Center
    • Specializes in satellite research, development and deployment

• Ohio State University
  • Comprehensive university
  • Offers all STEM disciplines

• Shawnee State University
  • Offers 80 undergraduate and associate degree programs
  • Offers three masters programs
  • Offeres many curriculums that are relevant to aerospace such as Mathematics, Drafting and Design, and specialized Computer Programming and App Development Courses

• University of Kentucky
  • Engineering, STEM, comprehensive

• University of Pikeville
  • Medical, optometry, STEM, business degrees

• West Virginia University

Community Colleges

• Alice Lloyd College

• Ashland Community and Technical College
  • Offers comprehensive Advanced Manufacturing technical training
  • Has a cooperative agreement with Eastern Kentucky University to offer a Bachelor’s Degree of Aviation

• Big Sandy Community College
• eKentucky Advanced Manufacturing Institute

• Hazard Community and Technical College

• Mountwest Community and Technical College
  • State-of-the-art advanced manufacturing equipment
  • Approximately 2,400-students enrolled in technical programs

• Robert C. Byrd Institute
  • Includes an apprenticeship program
  • Advanced manufacturing equipment and training
  • Successful accelerator program

• Southeast Kentucky Community College

Technology Centers

• Bridge Valley Advanced Technology Center
  • One of three Advanced Manufacturing Centers of Excellence in West Virginia
  • Maintains advanced manufacturing and IT equipment
• Scioto County Technical Center
  • Offers comprehensive Advanced Manufacturing skills training
  • Has an excellent working relationship with Great Oaks FAA certified aviation maintenance campus in Cincinnati, Ohio