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2023 Best Value Ground Transportation Basic Certificate Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$2,657 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Ground Transportation Basic Certificate School for You

In 2021-2022, 401 degrees and certificates were awarded to ground transportation students who went to a North Carolina college or university. This makes it the #19 most popular major in the state.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

The Best Value Ground Transportation Basic Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in North Carolina 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Ground Transportation Basic Certificate Schools in North Carolina

Check out the ground transport basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

#1

Johnston Community College

Smithfield, NC

Our analysis found Johnston Community College to be the best value school for ground transportation students who want to pursue a basic certificate in North Carolina. Located in the rural area of Smithfield, Johnston Community College is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Johnston Community College are $2,657 per year.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Miller-Motte College Fayetteville helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value ground transportation schools in North Carolina. Located in the city of Fayetteville, MMC Fayetteville is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Read full report on Ground Transportation at Miller-Motte College Fayetteville

The excellent basic certificate programs at Miller-Motte College Jacksonville helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value ground transportation schools in North Carolina. Located in the small city of Jacksonville, MMC Jacksonville is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Full Ground Transportation at Miller-Motte College Jacksonville Report

The excellent basic certificate programs at Miller-Motte College Raleigh helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value ground transportation schools in North Carolina. MMC Raleigh is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Raleigh.

Full Ground Transportation at Miller-Motte College Raleigh Report

Best Value Ground Transportation Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 1,240
South Carolina 320
Arkansas 253
Florida 709
West Virginia 112
Louisiana 1,350
Virginia 153
Alabama 284
Kentucky 258
Tennessee 254
Mississippi 1,068

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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