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2022 Best Value Railroad and Railway Transportation Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k

1 Ranked Colleges
4 Degrees Awarded
$12,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Railroad and Railway Transportation Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Railroad and Railway Transportation Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 171 people earned their degree in railroad and railway transportation, making the major the 1301st most popular in the United States.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 4 railroad and railway transportation graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent railroad and railway transportation programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the railroad and railway transportation program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Railroad and Railway Transportation Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree railroad and railway transportation students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Railroad & Railway Transportation (Income $30-$48k)

#1

Johnson County Community College

Overland Park, Kansas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johnson County Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Railroad and Railway Transportation Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k list. This fairly large school is located in Overland Park, Kansas, and it awarded 4 associates’s railroad and railway transportation degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree railroad and railway transportation students whose families make $30-$48k list, JCCC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Railroad & Railway Transportation Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $11,992 for Associate Degree Railroad and Railway Transportation students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend JCCC.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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