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A closer look.
MSU Denver’s Aviation and Aerospace Science degree includes a Professional Flight Officer concentration that combines campus academics and simulation with practical flying through outside flight providers. Its published curriculum sequences private, instrument and commercial single-engine ground and flight work, then a commercial multiengine or flight-instructor lab. Instrument and multiengine simulators support the practical stages. The department also publishes aviation-management, aerospace and unmanned-aircraft study options. Students seeking restricted-ATP authorization must coordinate their degree and qualifying flight courses with an approved provider; the university’s Denver classroom address is not a school-owned aircraft base.
Outside flight providers
The curriculum requires students to select a practical-flight provider in consultation with an aviation advisor.
Choice in advanced flight lab
The published degree sequence identifies a commercial multiengine or flight-instructor lab rather than requiring both in that slot.
Campus simulation
University laboratories include instrument and glass-flight-deck systems for academic and practical preparation.
Published training options.
The school’s published options are summarized below. Each note explains the training type and what to clarify when comparing the school’s exact course.
B.S. Aviation and Aerospace Science — Professional Flight Officer
A planned sequence toward professional flying qualifications. Compare the included stages, entry requirements, scheduling commitment and payment milestones.
Private-pilot ground and flight lab
A course combining ground study with practical flight lessons. Ask how knowledge preparation, flying and practical-test preparation fit together.
Instrument ground, flight and simulation
Study of instrument procedures, planning and decision-making. Ask how this course connects with the flight portion of your instrument training.
Commercial single-engine ground and flight lab
Combined commercial-pilot ground and flight preparation. Confirm entry experience, aircraft, course sequence and the experience-building flights included.
Commercial multiengine or CFI flight lab
Training in teaching, lesson preparation and instructional flying. Ask which instructor qualification is included and how practice teaching is assessed.
FAA instructor ground course
Preparation for instructor knowledge and teaching tasks. Confirm whether flight instruction and practical-test preparation are purchased separately.
Additional advanced flight electives — advisor and provider confirmation required
Ask the school for the syllabus, entry requirements, training location and complete cost for this specific option.
Aviation and Aerospace Management degree
An academic pathway with its own entry and graduation requirements. Compare the flight qualifications, academic credits and flight fees included in your chosen track.
Unmanned Aircraft Systems certificate
Study or practice involving unmanned aircraft and their applications. Ask about hands-on flight work, aircraft, data-processing tools and any pilot qualification included in this particular course.
Additional helicopter, ATP and type-rating electives in the guide are credit options requiring advisor/provider arrangements, not proof of an on-campus aircraft course.
Aircraft & training scope
Aircraft categories: Airplane
Aircraft models: A current model list was not established from the reviewed sources. Ask which aircraft or training device your course uses.
Denver university academics and simulation; outside airports and aircraft depend on the chosen flight provider.
No fleet is assigned to the university from partner-school inventory.
Training framework & verification
Part 141: Matched to the FAA roster dated 2026-10-19. Confirm the approved course and training location with the school. The workbook does not list individual course approvals or establish training quality.
FAA reference: faa.gov. Confirm the approved course and training location with the school.
PART 141 SOURCE CHECK
FAA roster information.
This listing is matched to the supplied FAA Part 141 roster record. Confirm the approved course and training location with the school; the roster does not list course approvals or establish training quality.
METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER
Certificate MSAS370LLocation designator MSAS
Address as recorded: 1250 7TH STREET, CAMPUS BOX 30, DENVER, CO 80217
Use the faa.gov facility dashboard for future cross-reference. The dated record above reflects the FAA workbook used for this directory update. How we check records
TRAINING FIT
Our school review.
MSU Denver offers flexibility in choosing practical training, but that makes academic and flight coordination particularly important. Meet an aviation advisor before selecting a provider or transferring instrument and commercial credits. The degree guide distinguishes its required progression from additional elective credit and has specific conditions for restricted-ATP authorization. Ask for one plan covering university classes, outside flight charges, travel to the airport and simulator requirements. Airline partnerships and career events offer opportunities to apply; they do not guarantee employment or eliminate flight-training expenses.
An AI-assisted editorial assessment of the school’s published information. This is separate from student feedback. We have not attended or inspected this school.
WHAT THE AVAILABLE FEEDBACK TELLS US
Student review evidence.
Accessible review evidence for Metropolitan State University Of Denver in Denver is limited. This academic-program comment does not evaluate a flight-training partner, aircraft scheduling or checkride preparation. An aviation and aerospace science graduate praises knowledgeable, helpful professors. The available accounts are too narrow, dated or uncertain in scope to establish current student consensus. Treat them as individual experiences rather than typical outcomes, and verify the course, airport and period with recent local students. Written scheduling, payment and progression arrangements are more useful than assuming the same experience will recur.
What reviewers appreciated
- An aviation and aerospace science graduate praises knowledgeable, helpful professors. [1]
How to read this evidence
Small, dated or uncertain review sample; no representative current student consensus established.
Follow up with the school
- Can I speak with two recent Denver students who completed my intended course?
- What lesson frequency, instructor continuity, final costs and checkride timeline should I expect in writing?
Read the review sources
- Metropolitan State University of Denver Reviews - Niche Third-party source
Small, dated or uncertain review sample; no representative current student consensus established.
AI-assisted summary of the cited material. Public comments are individual experiences; the sample may be small, selective, or dated.
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Questions for Metropolitan State University Of Denver.
- Which provider and courses preserve restricted-ATP eligibility for my degree plan?
- Should I take the multiengine or CFI lab, and which advanced electives are available?
- How must ground classes and outside flight lessons be synchronized?
- What combined tuition, simulator, aircraft and travel budget should I prepare?
Sources & listing information.
School facts are compiled from the source material below. Imported record identifiers are retained for traceability and are not presented as proof of current certification.
- MSU Denver aviation department
- 2025–2026 curriculum and provider guidelines
- Simulation laboratories
- Source-record reference: checkrides.ioReference retained from the supplied spreadsheet; current content not rechecked for this import.
- faa.gov — Find a FacilityFAA pilot-school facility reference. Part 61 instruction is not a separate FAA school certification.
View source record references
MSAS370L
Part_141_Flight_School_Websites (1).csv; faaverifiedp141.xlsx