Ivy Tech Community College in Columbus is ready to teach you to fly and to become a professional pilot.

The college has been accredited for its associates degree program in professional flight, which will allow you to earn your commercial pilot’s license at the campus.

Matthew Medley, chairman of the aviation technology program, explains

He says the program will take a student with no flight hours and get them their professional pilot’s certification in two years.

While the classroom time will cost only as much as regular Ivy Tech classwork, Medley estimated that the actual in-air hours would lead to a degree and commercial license costing about $50,000. He said that is about half of what other flight schools would charge.

The program is a combination of classroom work, simulator training and hands-on flight.

Medley said that having the Ivy Tech campus located on Columbus Municipal Airport property allows for a unique opportunity to bring flight training to the school.