Drone Business and Entrepreneurship
Certificate of Achievement
Program Details
The Drone Business and Entrepreneurship Certificate is designed to prepare students with key considerations for starting and managing a drone business. Students will earn their commercial drone pilot's license and be guided through solid business planning. Upon program completion, students will have their professional license, a business plan, and the skills necessary to seek funding in order to start or expand a business. This certificate requires 12-15 units. A grade of C is or better required in each course taken.
Drone Business and Entrepreneurship Pathways
Pathways listed below are for the catalog year 2025-2026.
Featured Careers
Find your calling. Explore high-earning careers with entry-level data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers
Bachelor's degree
- Job growth: Rising
- Low salary: 68,860
- High salary: 227,590
- Average salary: 136550
Business Teachers, Postsecondary
Doctoral degree, Master's degree
- Job growth: Rising
- Low salary: 46,460
- High salary: 210,530
- Average salary: 97270
Compliance Managers
Bachelor's degree, Master's degree
- Job growth: Rising
- Low salary: 68,860
- High salary: 227,590
- Average salary: 136550
All Careers in Drone Business and Entrepreneurship (9)
| Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers | Bachelor's degree | Rising | 136,550 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compliance Managers | Bachelor's degree, Master's degree | Rising | 136,550 |
| Loss Prevention Managers | Bachelor's degree, High school diploma/GED | Rising | 136,550 |
| Regulatory Affairs Managers | Bachelor's degree, Master's degree | Rising | 136,550 |
| Wind Energy Development Managers | Bachelor's degree, Associate's degree | Rising | 136,550 |
| Wind Energy Operations Managers | Associate's degree, Bachelor's degree | Rising | 136,550 |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | Doctoral degree, Master's degree | Rising | 97,270 |
| Fitness and Wellness Coordinators | Master's degree, Bachelor's degree | Rising | 61,340 |
| Spa Managers | Certificate after high school, Associate's degree | Rising | 61,340 |
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Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.
- Create a basic business plan for a small drone business.
- Develop marketing strategy for a small drone business.
- Identify the five different types of airspace defined by the FAA.