AIMS COMMUNITY COLLEGE

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Aims Community College runs its Aircraft Maintenance Technician program out of the Aircraft Maintenance Training Center (AMTC) in Loveland, Colorado, with classes also offered at the Windsor campus. The program is a 70-credit Associate of Applied Science delivered over six semesters (about two years), structured to prepare graduates for the FAA Part 65 written, oral, and practical exams for airframe and powerplant certification. Testing fees are included in the program cost. Students who don't want the full AAS can earn the Airframe Certificate or Powerplant Certificate separately, or stack both for an A&P endorsement. A few things set this program apart. The AMTC in Loveland is a nearly 60,000-square-foot facility with classrooms, labs, and a working hangar housing real aircraft for hands-on training. The program earned FAA AMTS certification under 14 CFR Part 147 in December 2025, and Aims simultaneously announced a direct hiring pathway with Frontier Airlines for graduates. Equipment coverage is broader than typical: students train across reciprocating, turbine, and turbojet engines, plus rotorcraft and small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS), in addition to standard hydraulics, avionics, and flight instruments. Tuition runs in four tiers: $10,050 in-district, $16,280 in-state, $23,890 under the Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) for residents of participating western states, and $45,410 out-of-state — plus an estimated $25,500 in lab and course fees. Graduates target roles across general aviation, business jets, commercial airlines, MROs, and aircraft manufacturing.

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