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Most Popular Ground Transportation Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Kansas

2023 Most Popular Ground Transportation Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Kansas

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Finding the Best Ground Transportation Basic Certificate School for You

In 2021-2022, 148 degrees and certificates were awarded to ground transportation students who went to a Kansas college or university. This makes it the #17 most popular major in the state.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Kansas to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Kansas to see which ones were the most popular basic certificate programs 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 Kansas.

#1

Johnson County Community College

Overland Park, KS

Our analysis found Johnson County Community College to be the most popular school for ground transportation students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Kansas. JCCC is a large public school located in the midsize city of Overland Park.

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

Read full report on Ground Transportation at Johnson County Community College

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest Kansas Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Ground Transportation Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Kansas list. NWKTC is a small public school located in the remote town of Goodland.

Full Ground Transportation at Northwest Kansas Technical College Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seward County Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Ground Transportation Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Kansas list. SCCC is a small public school located in the town of Liberal.

Women make up 18% of the ground transport majors at the school.

Full Ground Transportation at Seward County Community College Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Salina Area Technical College is a great place for ground transportation students working on their basic certificate. Located in the remote town of Salina, Salina Tech is a public college with a small student population.

Of the 22 students majoring in ground transport at Salina Tech, 82% are male and 18% are female.

Full Ground Transportation at Salina Area Technical College Report

Best Ground Transportation Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Ground Transportation Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

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

One of 3 majors within the trade school area of study, ground transportation has other similar majors worth exploring.

Ground Transport Focus Areas

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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