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Most Popular Ground Transportation Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Plains States Region

2023 Most Popular Ground Transportation Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Plains States Region

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$12,000 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Ground Transportation Associate Degree 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Most Popular Ground Transportation Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Plains States Region to see which associate degree programs were the most popular for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Ground Transportation program at each school on the list.

Check out the ground transport associate degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Plains States Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Lake Area Technical Institute the most popular school in the Plains States Region for ground transportation students working on their associate degree. Located in the town of Watertown, LATI is a public school with a small student population.

About 13% of the students majoring in ground transport at the school are women while 88% are male.

Full Ground Transportation at Lake Area Technical Institute Report

Our analysis found Northwest Iowa Community College to be the most popular school for ground transportation students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Plains States Region . Located in the rural area of Sheldon, Northwest Iowa Community College is a public school with a small student population.

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#3

Johnson County Community College

Overland Park, KS

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johnson County Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Ground Transportation Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Overland Park, JCCC is a public college with a large student population.

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#4

Central Community College

Grand Island, NE

The in-demand associate degree programs at Central Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular ground transportation schools in the Plains States Region . Central Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Grand Island.

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Best Ground Transportation Colleges by State

Explore the best ground transportation colleges 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 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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