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2023 Best Value Ground Transportation Basic Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

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$0 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Ground Transportation Basic Certificate 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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Ground Transportation Basic Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for ground transport students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

2023 Best Value Ground Transportation Basic Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Ground Transportation Basic Certificate Colleges.

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Ground Transportation

Our analysis found Advanced Career Institute to be the best value school for ground transportation students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Far Western US Region . Located in the rural area of Visalia, Advanced Career Institute is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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#1

CET, El Centro

El Centro, CA

Our 2023 rankings named CET, El Centro the best value school in the Far Western US Region for ground transportation students working on their basic certificate. CET, El Centro is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of El Centro.

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Our analysis found International Air and Hospitality Academy to be the best value school for ground transportation students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Far Western US Region . Located in the midsize city of Vancouver, International Air and Hospitality Academy is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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CET, Soledad

Soledad, CA

Our analysis found CET, Soledad to be the best value school for ground transportation students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Far Western US Region . Located in the town of Soledad, CET, Soledad is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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Best Ground Transportation Colleges by State

Explore the best ground transportation schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 107
California 1,033
Oregon 16
Nevada 0

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Air Transportation 10,326
Marine Transportation 1,493
Other Transportation & Materials Moving 7

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools 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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