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2023 Best Value Ground Transportation Basic Certificate Schools in Maryland

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$6,390 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Ground Transportation Basic Certificate School for You

Ground Transportation is one of the most popular subjects to study in Maryland. With 482 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 5th out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

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 Basic Certificate Schools in Maryland ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Maryland 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 Maryland

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

Best Maryland Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Ground Transportation

Our analysis found Hagerstown Community College to be the best value school for ground transportation students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Maryland. Located in the midsize suburb of Hagerstown, HCC is a public school with a small student population.

HCC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,390 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Ground Transportation at Hagerstown Community College

Out of the 3 schools in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, All-State Career - Baltimore landed the # 2 spot on the list. All-State Career - Baltimore is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.

Read full report on Ground Transportation at All-State Career - Baltimore

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North American Trade Schools. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Ground Transportation Basic Certificate Schools in Maryland list. North American Trade Schools is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Baltimore.

Read full report on Ground Transportation at North American Trade Schools

Best Value Ground Transportation Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Ground Transportation Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 427
Pennsylvania 1,516
New Jersey 4
Delaware 160

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 3 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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