Snead State Community College Aviation Maintenance Program

Program Overview

Snead State Community College fits students who want a public two-year path to separate airframe and powerplant degrees, with a dual-enrollment option at Birmingham's Southern Museum of Flight.

Snead State Community College offers separate Associate of Applied Science degrees in Airframe Technology and Power Plant Technology, plus standalone certificates, based at the Frank McDaniel Aviation Building near Albertville Airport. The AAS track runs two years and one semester. A dual enrollment option lets students train at the Southern Museum of Flight in Birmingham, and a transfer partnership connects to the University of Alabama in Huntsville.

Snead State is a public college with in-state tuition of $3,870 and out-of-state tuition of $7,740, and a total estimated cost of attendance of $13,722. Its reported graduation rate is 49% among 2,917 students. Birmingham-area mechanics earn a median wage of $61,040, against a national median of $79,870.

• Based at the Frank McDaniel Aviation Building near the Albertville Airport, 24 Aviation Way, Albertville, AL
• Dual enrollment option at the Southern Museum of Flight in Birmingham with real aircraft, real tools, real maintenance training
• Transfer partnership with University of Alabama in Huntsville

As stated on snead.edu

Federal IPEDS figures for Snead State Community College, a public institution. Aviation maintenance award levels: Associate's. Completions across these programs: 10 per year.

Tuition is the institution's published annual rate; the program's own published cost appears in the facts table when the school states one. See the record on College Navigator.

Snead State Community College is at 24 Aviation Way, Albertville, AL 35950. Compare it with every aviation maintenance school in Alabama. For schools within commuting distance, see aviation maintenance schools near Birmingham.

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

The closest FAA-approved schools to Snead State Community College, by straight-line distance.