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2026 Highest Paid Ground Transportation Grads in Louisiana

[Ground Transportation](/majors/transportation-materials-handling/ground-transportation/) is a field where your choice of school can shape what you earn after graduation. The schools below stand out for the salaries their ground transportation graduates go on to command.

For its 2026 highest-paid-graduates ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools to find where ground transportation graduates earn the most.

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• Highest Paid Ground Transportation Grads in Louisiana

2026 Highest Paid Ground Transportation Grads in Louisiana

Below are the schools whose ground transportation graduates go on to earn the most.

Highest Paid Ground Transportation Graduates

1

Diesel Driving Academy Shreveport
Shreveport, LA

$43,865 Average Early-Career Salary

Diesel Driving Academy Shreveport tops our 2026 list of the highest-paying ground transportation schools in Louisiana. Set in the city of Shreveport, Diesel Driving Academy Shreveport is a private for-profit institution. After graduating, ground transportation degree recipients from Diesel Driving Academy Shreveport typically earn about $43,865 annually.

2

Diesel Driving Academy Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA

$42,039 Average Early-Career Salary

Students chasing top earnings in ground transportation will find them at Diesel Driving Academy Baton Rouge, which ranked #2. Diesel Driving Academy Baton Rouge is a private for-profit school located in the city of Baton Rouge. After graduating, ground transportation degree recipients from Diesel Driving Academy Baton Rouge typically earn about $42,039 annually.

3

Northwest Louisiana Technical College
Minden, LA

$53,557 Average Early-Career Salary

A rank of #3 makes Northwest Louisiana Technical College one of the highest-paying schools for ground transportation. Set in the rural area of Minden, Northwest Louisiana Technical College is a public institution. Students who complete the ground transportation program here go on to a median salary of roughly $53,557.

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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 · 3 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.