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2023 Most Popular Ground Transportation Trade Schools in South Dakota

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Finding the Best Ground Transportation School for You

With 16 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, ground transportation is the #22 most popular major in South Dakota.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

The Most Popular Ground Transportation Trade Schools in South Dakota ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in South Dakota 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Ground Transportation Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Lake Area Technical Institute the most popular school in South Dakota for ground transportation students. LATI is a small public school located in the town of Watertown.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Mitchell Technical College is a great place for ground transportation students. Mitchell Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Mitchell.

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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
Kansas 148
Missouri 404
Minnesota 164
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 2 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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