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2023 Most Popular Ground Transportation Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Plains States Region

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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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Most Popular Ground Transportation Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 23 schools in the Plains States Region to see which basic certificate 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 basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Plains States Region .

#1

Crowder College

Neosho, MO

Our 2023 rankings named Crowder College the most popular school in the Plains States Region for ground transportation students working on their basic certificate. Located in the town of Neosho, Crowder College is a public college with a small student population.

Of the 219 students majoring in ground transport at Crowder College, 85% are male and 15% are female.

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Out of the 23 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Midwest Technical Institute - Springfield, Missouri landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Springfield, MTI - Springfield, Missouri is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 11% of the ground transport majors at the school.

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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 Basic Certificate 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.

About 2% of the students majoring in ground transport at the school are women while 98% are male.

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#4

Central Community College

Grand Island, NE

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Ground Transportation Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Plains States Region list. Central Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Grand Island.

Women make up 14% of the ground transport majors at the school.

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The in-demand basic certificate programs at Southeast Community College Area helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular ground transportation schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the large city of Lincoln, Southeast Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 56 students majoring in ground transport at Southeast Community College, 95% are male and 5% are female.

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Riverland Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Ground Transportation Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the town of Austin, Riverland Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Women make up 21% of the ground transport majors at the school.

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Alexandria Technical & Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Ground Transportation Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. ATCC is a small public school located in the town of Alexandria.

Of the 33 students majoring in ground transport at ATCC, 91% are male and 9% are female.

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With a ranking of #8, Turtle Mountain Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for ground transportation students working on their basic certificate. TMCC is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the remote area of Belcourt.

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Northwest Kansas Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for ground transportation students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the town of Goodland, NWKTC is a public college with a fairly small student population.

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With a ranking of #10, Indian Hills Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for ground transportation students working on their basic certificate. IHCC is a small public school located in the town of Ottumwa.

Of the 18 students majoring in ground transport at IHCC, 83% are male and 17% are female.

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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 23 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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