2023 Best Value Ground Transportation Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Ground Transportation Associate Degree School for You
Ground Transportation is the #14 most popular major in the country with 21,480 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.
It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Ground Transportation Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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The following school tops our list of the Best Value Ground Transportation Associate Degree Colleges.
Best Ground Transportation Associate Degree School
Our 2023 rankings named Johnson County Community College the best value school in the Plains States Region for ground transportation students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Overland Park, JCCC is a public college with a large student population.
JCCC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,472 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, JCCC also did well on our Best Ground Transportation Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Best Ground Transportation Colleges by State
Explore the best ground transportation colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 148 |
| Missouri | 404 |
| Minnesota | 164 |
| South Dakota | 16 |
| Iowa | 35 |
| North Dakota | 39 |
| Nebraska | 80 |
Majors Related to Ground Transport
Ground Transportation is one of 3 different types of trade school programs to choose from.
Ground Transport Concentrations
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Truck & Bus Driver/Commercial Vehicle Operator & Instructor | 20,171 |
| Construction/Heavy Equipment/Earthmoving Equipment Operation | 1,070 |
| Other Ground Transportation | 137 |
| Railroad & Railway Transportation | 102 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Ground Transport
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Air Transportation | 10,326 |
| Marine Transportation | 1,493 |
| Other Transportation & Materials Moving | 7 |
Notes and References
*These values are for the top school only.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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