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2023 Best Value Ground Transportation Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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.
There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for ground transport students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Ground Transportation Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for ground transport majors pursuing a basic certificate.
Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Ground Transportation
Our analysis found Central New Mexico Community College to be the best value school for ground transportation students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Southwest Region . Located in the large city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CNM are $7,978 a year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means M T Training Center is a great value for ground transportation students working on their basic certificate. Located in the large suburb of Grand Prairie, M T Training Center is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Tulsa Technology Center. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Ground Transportation Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Tulsa Tech is a small public school located in the city of Tulsa.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, CET, El Paso landed the # 2 spot on the list. CET, El Paso is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of El Paso.
The excellent basic certificate programs at HDS Truck Driving Institute helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value ground transportation schools in the Southwest Region . HDS Truck Driving Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the rural area of Tucson.
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Best Ground Transportation Colleges by State
Explore the best ground transportation colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Arizona | 253 |
| Texas | 927 |
| Oklahoma | 270 |
| New Mexico | 279 |
Majors Related to Ground Transport
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 |
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 5 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.