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2023 Best Value Ground Transportation Basic Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$5,710 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.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Plains States 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Ground Transportation Basic Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Ground Transportation Basic Certificate Colleges.

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Ground Transportation

#1

Johnson County Community College

Overland Park, KS

Our analysis found Johnson County Community College to be the best value school for ground transportation students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Plains States Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Overland Park, JCCC is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at JCCC are $5,472 per year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Southeast Community College Area is a great value for ground transportation students working on their basic certificate. Located in the large city of Lincoln, Southeast Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Southeast Community College are $3,864 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Alexandria Technical & Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Ground Transportation Basic Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. ATCC is a small public school located in the town of Alexandria.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ATCC are $6,107 per year.

Full Ground Transportation at Alexandria Technical & Community College Report

#4

Crowder College

Neosho, MO

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Crowder College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Ground Transportation Basic Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the town of Neosho, Crowder College is a public school with a small student population.

Crowder College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,616 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Minnesota State College Southeast is a great value for ground transportation students working on their basic certificate. MSC Southeast is a small public school located in the distant town of Winona.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at MSC Southeast are $7,490 a year.

Read full report on Ground Transportation at Minnesota State College Southeast

Midwest Technical Institute - Springfield, Missouri landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate ground transportation programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Springfield, MTI - Springfield, Missouri is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Full Ground Transportation at Midwest Technical Institute - Springfield, Missouri Report

Best Ground Transportation Colleges by State

Explore the best ground transportation schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 148
Missouri 404
Minnesota 164
South Dakota 16
Iowa 35
North Dakota 39
Nebraska 80

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 6 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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