The College of Atmospheric & Geographic Sciences offers a bachelor’s degree with a major in Aviation that can help you achieve your career goals. The Bachelor of Science with a Major in Aviation is designed for students who want to take the first step toward a career in Aviation. OU offers five concentrations for students to consider.
If you’re planning to choose the Professional Pilot or Aviation Management – Flying concentration, you should apply as close to or on August 1 to increase your potential for a flight slot. Flight major applications are accepted during the fall term application timeframe only. Due to the limited number of flight slots OU has each fall, the demand for one of these slots is great.
Due to unprecedented market interest in the field of aviation, the OU School of Aviation has limited flying spots for fall 2025 freshmen. Students interested in Professional Pilot-Airplane, Professional Pilot-Helicopter, or Aviation Management-Flying concentrations for fall 2025 are encouraged to apply to the University of Oklahoma when the application opens on August 1. Interested students can only apply for the fall term. OU’s admissions application for these flying concentrations will remain open until November 1. No second or separate application outside of OU’s admissions application is required. Admitted students will then have until January 15 to complete the School of Aviation’s One Stop Packet. In early March, admitted students with completed One Stop Packets will be notified of competitive flying spot admission. This secondary admission process is independent from admission to the university. Students then have until May 1 to submit their enrollment deposit to reserve their spot in the incoming freshmen class. Although the starting term at OU is the fall semester, flying spots are assigned either for the fall, spring, or summer term. Flight experience is not required.
Important Dates:
During the spring semester (2024), transfer students already admitted for the Fall 2024 term with the intended major of Aviation: Professional Pilot or Aviation Management - Flying will be notified directly of the process to commit to enrollment at OU. The first admitted transfer students for Fall 2024 with these majors who complete OU’s commitment process will be considered for a flight slot. There is a very limited number of flight slots allotted for transfer students. If you are notified you are being considered for a flight slot, you then are required to complete the program’s mandatory One Stop packet. Successful completion of the One Stop packet ensures your eligibility to start flying in either the fall, spring, or summer term of your first year. Aviation cannot guarantee up front which semester you will start flying.
Note to incoming transfers: The flight sequence typically requires, at minimum, six semesters to complete. The Aviation Management-Flying major usually requires six semesters of flying for degree completion while the Professional Pilot major requires eight semesters of flying for degree completion.
Because of the limited number of flight slots each fall, as well as the very competitive nature of the process to receive a slot, OU maintains a waitlist for these spaces. For Freshmen, those who pay their enrollment deposit after the program has reached capacity are notified of how to join the waitlist. For Transfers, those who complete the commitment process after the program has reached capacity are also notified of how to join the waitlist. The School of Aviation cannot guarantee that any offers of flight slots from the waitlist will be made annually; getting off the waitlist depends on if eligible students choose later not to accept a flight slot. If space becomes available, you will be contacted the Office of Admissions and Recruitment (OAR) as they maintain the waitlist. If you have any questions regarding the admission waitlist, please contact their office at admissions@ou.edu or 405-325-2151.
If you are interested in an Aviation Management – Non-Flying or Air Traffic Management concentration, we encourage you to submit your application to OU for priority admission. These concentrations are not limited by space and are open to all students, including freshmen and transfer students.
Here are just a few reasons why OU is a smart and affordable choice for your aviation degree:
Only students accepted into the Aviation Management – Flying Concentration or Professional Pilot Concentration AND get a flying spot will be able to fly. Unfortunately, students in other non-flying aviation or aerospace programs will NOT be able to fly.
We invite you to learn more about the School of Aviation by exploring our academic top five list (pdf).
