Aims Community College UAS Associate’s Degree

Aims Community College to Offer Colorado’s First UAS Associate Degree for Drone Pilots

by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby

This fall, Aims Community College will begin offering an Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Associate of Applied Science Degree, the first of its kind to be offered in Colorado. Aims is only the fifteenth two-year college in the United States to offer a degree in this field. The college has offered a UAS certificate since 2021, preparing students to take the FAA small UAS certification exam and gain the basic credentials to fly drones professionally. The new associate degree program will offer more in depth training in response to industry growth and increased demand for UAS expertise.

“It provides students with the basics of flying with professional-level drones and the ability to build and program their own drones.” said UAS Chief Instructor Pilot Jake Marshall on the creation of the new program. “We just grew. Students, high schools and…