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

30 Colleges
$41,125 Avg Salary
$7,696 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. 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 Trade Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 30 schools in the Plains States 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 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. Located in the distant town of Neosho, Crowder College is a public school with a small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Midwest Technical Institute - Springfield, Missouri. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Ground Transportation Trade Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Springfield, MTI - Springfield, Missouri is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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The excellent programs at Central Lakes College - Brainerd helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best ground transportation schools in the Plains States Region . Central Lakes College is a small public school located in the remote town of Brainerd.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend State Technical College of Missouri. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Ground Transportation Trade Schools in the Plains States Region list. STC is a small public school located in the rural area of Linn.

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#5

Johnson County Community College

Overland Park, KS

Out of the 30 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Johnson County Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Overland Park, JCCC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#6

Central Community College

Grand Island, NE

With a ranking of #6, Central Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for ground transportation students. Central Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Grand Island.

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Southeast Community College Area came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Ground Transportation Trade Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the city of Lincoln, Southeast Community College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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With a ranking of #8, Riverland Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for ground transportation students. Located in the distant town of Austin, Riverland Community College is a public school with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #9, Alexandria Technical & Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for ground transportation students. ATCC is a small public school located in the remote town of Alexandria.

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Turtle Mountain Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Ground Transportation Trade Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. TMCC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote area of Belcourt.

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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 30 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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