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2023 Best Value Ground Transportation Basic Certificate Schools in Virginia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$9,741 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Ground Transportation Basic Certificate School for You

Ground Transportation is the #23 most popular major in Virginia with 153 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for trade school students. 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.

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 Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Virginia 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Ground Transportation Basic Certificate Schools in Virginia

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for ground transport majors pursuing a basic certificate.

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

Our analysis found Tidewater Community College to be the best value school for ground transportation students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Virginia. Located in the city of Norfolk, Tidewater Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Tidewater Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,561 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Ground Transportation at Tidewater Community College

#2

Advanced Technology Institute

Virginia Beach, VA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Advanced Technology Institute. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Ground Transportation Basic Certificate Schools in Virginia list. Located in the large city of Virginia Beach, ATI is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

ATI undergraduate students pay an average of $13,920 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Ground Transportation at Advanced Technology Institute 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
North Carolina 401
Florida 709
West Virginia 112
Louisiana 1,350
Alabama 284
Kentucky 258
Tennessee 254
Mississippi 1,068

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

Majors Similar to Ground Transport

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 2 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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