2022 Best Value Ground Transport Schools for an Associate

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Ground Transport Schools for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 16,897 people earned their degree in ground transportation, making the major the 331st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, ground transportation graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,838 and had an average of $6,370 in loans still to pay off.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 110 ground transportation graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great ground transportation programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the ground 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.

More Ways to Rank Ground Transportation Schools

The ground transport school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Ground Transport Schools for an Associate”.

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Best Value Ground Transport Schools for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Ground Transport Schools for an Associate.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Ground Transportation

#1

Johnson County Community College

Overland Park, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$12,632 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Ground Transport Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Johnson County Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Johnson County Community College is a public institution located in Overland Park, Kansas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

JCCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Ground Transportation Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Johnson County Community College is $12,632 for Associate Degree Ground Transport students.

Read full report on Ground Transportation at JCCC

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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