Aviation Safety, MSA

Although this program is fully online, it’s far from impersonal.

Aviation is a small world, and Florida Tech makes it easy to connect with faculty and fellow students no matter where you are.

Engaging discussion boards, live sessions and collaboration create a supportive, interactive environment that mirrors the teamwork and communication critical in aviation.

This flexible format lets you advance your career while earning your master’s degree on a schedule that fits your professional and personal life.

Pursuing your master's at Florida Tech means learning from mentors who have literally written the book on aviation safety. Our faculty members have authored leading aviation safety textbooks, contributed to respected journals and earned hundreds of academic citations.

They bring expertise not only from the classroom but also from the cockpit—many are experienced commercial, private and military pilots. With backgrounds spanning air transportation, airport planning and management, aviation business, flight and safety, professors provide students with a broad perspective on the industry.

Florida Tech is a core university in the Partnership to Enhance General Aviation Safety, Accessibility and Sustainability (PEGASAS), an FAA Center of Excellence for General Aviation.

Through this role, Florida Tech helps to address critical aviation safety issues such as airport technology, propulsion and structures, airworthiness, flight safety, fire safety and safety management systems (SMS).

Students benefit from this expertise, engaging with faculty who apply their research to real-world challenges. This ensures your aviation safety training goes beyond simulations, giving you practical skills and insights that can be applied directly in your career.

This program is designed for professionals with a passion for aviation safety.

It’s a great fit if your bachelor's degree is in an aviation-related field, or if you have a non-aviation-related degree with career experience that has given you a strong foundation in aviation and a desire to build specialized expertise in safety.

Even if your background is outside aviation, you may still be admitted—a prerequisite course in airspace safety can help you get started with confidence if you are making the transition into the field.

For more information, please see our graduate admission requirements, or start your application now!