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Aviation degree · Sacramento, CA

What an aviation degree at Sacramento City College costs

A 2-year associate's (AAS) program. Tuition, room & board, and flight fees, each from the school's own published pages, summed into an all-in estimate. Flight fees are billed separately and on top of tuition. This is a planning estimate, not the school's quote.

PilotBound all-in estimate

$79K

In-state, all-in

$105K

Out-of-state, all-in

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Tuition + room & board (2years) + whole-program flight fees. Sourced figures summed, not the school's quoted package. Tuition changes yearly.

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The numbers, with sources

Tuition (in-state)
$2,760
$1,380/yr × 22026-27Source

$46/unit enrollment fee (Los Rios district), ~30 units/yr, plus a $20/semester health fee and $2/semester ASB fee (Summer 2026 through Spring 2027).

Tuition (out-of-state)
$28,500
$14,250/yr × 22026-27Source

$475/unit nonresident tuition plus the $46/unit enrollment fee, ~30 units/yr (Summer 2026 through Spring 2027).

Room & board(estimated)
$21,240
$10,620/yr × 22026-27Source

Commuter campus; no on-campus housing.

Flight training (whole program)
$55,000
2026-27Source

Partial: school does not price every rating, so the full sequence costs more.

Professional Pilot AS (Flight Technology). All flight training is completed at partner flight schools (not named on SCC's site); students enroll in SCC lab courses for college credit. No official flight total is published, so $55,000 is a PilotBound estimate for the PPL-through-Commercial sequence at CA rates.

All-in (in-state)
$79,000

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Figures are Sacramento City College's own published tuition, room & board, and flight fees, summed by PilotBound into a planning estimate. They are not the school's quoted program price, and they will differ from a student's actual cost. Flight fees are pay-as-you-go and vary with a student's pace. Confirm current numbers with the school. The 1,250-hour airline minimum comes from a qualifying degree under 14 CFR 61.160. PilotBound is not affiliated with Sacramento City College. Disclaimer & removal policy.

Primary sources: scc.losrios.edu·scc.losrios.edu