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Best Value Ground Transportation Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

2023 Best Value Ground Transportation Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$24,223 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Ground Transportation Basic Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, ground transportation was ranked #14 in the country. In fact 21,480 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2021-2022.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Ground Transportation Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best Ground Transportation Basic Certificate School

Our 2023 rankings named Utah State University the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for ground transportation students working on their basic certificate. Located in the small city of Logan, USU is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at USU are $24,223 a year.

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Best Ground Transportation Colleges by State

Explore the best ground transportation schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 2
Utah 436
Montana 29

One of 3 majors within the trade school area of study, ground transportation has other similar majors worth exploring.

Ground Transport Focus Areas

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 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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