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Most Popular Ground Transportation Trade Schools in the Far Western US Region

2023 Most Popular Ground Transportation Trade Schools in the Far Western US Region

27 Colleges
$35,553 Avg Salary
$6,713 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Ground Transportation 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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Most Popular Ground Transportation Trade Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 27 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones were the most popular 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 programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Far Western US Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Advanced Career Institute the most popular school in the Far Western US Region for ground transportation students. Located in the rural area of Visalia, Advanced Career Institute is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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#2

CET, Soledad

Soledad, CA

The excellent programs at CET, Soledad helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best ground transportation schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the distant town of Soledad, CET, Soledad is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Santiago Canyon College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Ground Transportation Trade Schools in the Far Western US Region list. SCC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Orange.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend International Air and Hospitality Academy. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Ground Transportation Trade Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the midsize city of Vancouver, International Air and Hospitality Academy is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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#5

CET, El Centro

El Centro, CA

The excellent programs at CET, El Centro helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best ground transportation schools in the Far Western US Region . CET, El Centro is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of El Centro.

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#6

Big Bend Community College

Moses Lake, WA

With a ranking of #6, Big Bend Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for ground transportation students. Big Bend Community College is a small public school located in the remote town of Moses Lake.

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#7

Butte College

Oroville, CA

Butte College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for ground transportation students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the rural area of Oroville, Butte College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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Perry Technical Institute landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular ground transportation programs. Perry Tech is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Yakima.

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Tillamook Bay Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Ground Transportation Trade Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. TBCC is a fairly small public school located in the rural area of Tillamook.

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#10

Shasta College

Redding, CA

Shasta College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Ground Transportation Trade Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Shasta College is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Redding.

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Best Ground Transportation Colleges by State

Explore the best ground transportation schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 107
California 1,033
Oregon 16
Nevada 0

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 27 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).

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