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2026 Highest Paid Ground Transportation Grads in the Far Western Region

[Ground Transportation](/majors/transportation-materials-handling/ground-transportation/) is a field where your choice of school can shape what you earn after graduation. The highest-paying schools turn a ground transportation degree into the strongest early-career earnings.

For its 2026 highest-paid-graduates ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools to find where ground transportation graduates earn the most.

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• Highest Paid Ground Transportation Grads in the Far Western Region

2026 Highest Paid Ground Transportation Grads in the Far Western Region

If you want to know which schools send ground transportation graduates into the highest-paying careers, see the list below.

Highest Paid Ground Transportation Graduates

1

Walla Walla Community College
Walla Walla, WA

$53,274 Average Early-Career Salary

Walla Walla Community College tops our 2026 list of the highest-paying ground transportation schools in the Far Western Region. Located in the city of Walla Walla, Walla Walla Community College is a public institution. Students who complete the ground transportation program here go on to a median salary of roughly $53,274.

2

Advanced Career Institute
Visalia, CA

$44,961 Average Early-Career Salary

Strong graduate earnings at Advanced Career Institute earned it the #2 place for ground transportation. Set in the city of Visalia, Advanced Career Institute is a private for-profit institution. Ground Transportation graduates of Advanced Career Institute earn a median of about $44,961 a year early in their careers.

3

Cet El Centro
El Centro, CA

$40,705 Average Early-Career Salary

Cet El Centro produces some of the highest-paid graduates in ground transportation, landing the #3 spot this year. Set in the city of El Centro, Cet El Centro is a private not-for-profit institution. Early-career ground transportation graduates from Cet El Centro make a median of around $40,705 per year.

4

Cet Soledad
Soledad, CA

$40,705 Average Early-Career Salary

Cet Soledad came in at #4 on our 2026 list of the highest-paying ground transportation schools. Located in the town of Soledad, Cet Soledad is a private not-for-profit institution. Ground Transportation graduates of Cet Soledad earn a median of about $40,705 a year early in their careers.

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Notes and References

This list is compiled by College Factual, 2026 edition. Schools are ranked on the median early-career earnings of their ground transportation graduates, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard field-of-study earnings and IPEDS).

Ranking method: College Major Earnings · 4 schools evaluated.

*Salary figures reflect median early-career earnings (about 5 years after graduation) and may vary by how long a person takes to complete their degree.

• 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.
• Graduate earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard) field-of-study earnings.

More about our data sources and methodologies.