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2023 Best Value Ground Transportation Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$7,978 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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.

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 2023 rankings named Central New Mexico Community College the best value school in the Southwest Region for ground transportation students working on their basic certificate. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CNM are $7,978 per year.

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#2

M T Training Center

Grand Prairie, TX

The excellent basic certificate programs at M T Training Center helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value ground transportation schools in the Southwest Region . 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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Out of the 5 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tulsa Technology Center landed the # 2 spot on the list. Tulsa Tech is a small public school located in the city of Tulsa.

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#2

CET, El Paso

El Paso, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend CET, El Paso. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Ground Transportation Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. CET, El Paso is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of El Paso.

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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

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.

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