Pearl River Community College Aviation Maintenance Program

Program Overview

This program fits someone along the Mississippi Gulf Coast who wants a combined airframe and powerplant associate degree and can wait for the single fall start each year.

Pearl River's Aviation Maintenance Technology program awards an Associate in Applied Science covering both airframe and powerplant ratings across four semesters, running through fall, spring, and summer terms. It's housed in the PRCC Hancock Aviation and Aerospace Workforce Academy on the Hancock County Campus in Kiln, where students train hands-on in a hangar with FAA certified aircraft. Enrollment opens for the Fall Semester only.

Tuition here carries its own aviation program fee charged each semester on top of standard tuition, a cost worth budgeting for separately. The New Orleans-metro median wage for aircraft mechanics is $82,160, and the nearest other Part 147 school is 84.5 miles from Kiln.

• Housed in the PRCC Hancock Aviation and Aerospace Workforce Academy at the Hancock County Campus, 14134 Fred & Al Key Road, Kiln, MS
• Hands-on hangar training on FAA certified aircraft
• FAA Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) rating pathway (both ratings offered)

As stated on prcc.edu

Pearl River Community College is at 13915 Fred and Al Key Road, Kiln, MS 39556. See how it ranks among the aviation maintenance schools in Mississippi. For schools within commuting distance, see aviation maintenance schools near New Orleans.

Annual median wage for aircraft mechanics and service technicians (SOC 49-3011), BLS OEWS May 2025. See the Mississippi aircraft mechanic salary data.

The closest FAA-approved schools to Pearl River Community College, by straight-line distance.