Education & Training
Ground Transportation
What can you do with this education or training? Here are the careers it prepares you for, what graduates typically earn and owe, and how many colleges offer it.
Careers this leads to
- Bus Drivers, School High school diploma
- Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity High school diploma
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary Associate degree
- Continuous Mining Machine Operators High school diploma
- Crane and Tower Operators Certificate or apprenticeship
- Dredge Operators High school diploma
- Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas High school diploma
- Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining High school diploma
- Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters High school diploma
- First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators Certificate or apprenticeship
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers High school diploma
- Highway Maintenance Workers High school diploma
- Hoist and Winch Operators High school diploma
- Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators High school diploma
- Light Truck Drivers High school diploma
- Locomotive Engineers High school diploma
- Logging Equipment Operators High school diploma
- Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators High school diploma
- Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators High school diploma
- Pile Driver Operators High school diploma
- Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers High school diploma
- Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators High school diploma
- Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators and Locomotive Firers High school diploma
- Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters High school diploma
- Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs High school diploma
- Subway and Streetcar Operators High school diploma
Pay and debt by degree
| Degree or certificate | Yearly pay 1 year after finishing | Yearly pay 4 years after finishing | Typical debt | Colleges offering it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate | $48,327 | $53,102 | $6,365 | 334 |
| Associate degree | $54,938 | $67,338 | $12,000 | 20 |
| Bachelor's degree | $23,776 | — | — | 1 |
Median earnings of graduates who got federal student aid, and median federal loan debt at graduation, typical across U.S. colleges. Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education. Each college can differ a lot: take the quiz to see colleges near you.