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Railroad & Railway Transportation at Mountwest Community and Technical College

Railroad & Railway Transportation at Mountwest Community and Technical College

If you plan to study railroad and railway transportation, take a look at what Mountwest Community and Technical College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

MCTC is located in Huntington, West Virginia and approximately 1,292 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Railroad & Railway Transportation section at the bottom of this page.

MCTC Railroad & Railway Transportation Degrees Available

Online Classes Are Available at MCTC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, MCTC does offer online courses in railroad and railway transportation for the following degree levels:

MCTC Railroad & Railway Transportation Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Careers That Railroad and Railway Transportation Grads May Go Into

A degree in railroad and railway transportation can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WV, the home state for Mountwest Community and Technical College.

Occupation Jobs in WV Average Salary in WV
Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators 220 $49,550
Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers 90 $50,040

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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