Other Transportation & Materials Moving
Contains Stem Majors
Add ComparisonIn 2024, the locations with the highest concentration of Other Transportation & Materials Moving degree recipients are Woodlawn, MD, Crow Agency, MT, and Romeoville, IL. In 2024, the locations with a relatively high number of Other Transportation & Materials Moving degree recipients are Crow Agency, MT, Woodlawn, MD, and Romeoville, IL. The most common degree awarded to students studying Other Transportation & Materials Moving is a certificate of less than 1 academic year.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Other Transportation & Materials Moving and the types of students that study this field. North American Trade Schools awards the most degrees in Other Transportation & Materials Moving in the US, having also the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Other Transportation & Materials Moving.
Tuition costs for Other Transportation & Materials Moving majors are, on average, $7,070 for in-state public colleges, and $38,800 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Other Transportation & Materials Moving programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (4 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private for-profit, less-than 2-year (29 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Other Transportation & Materials Moving, is Private for-profit, less-than 2-year (29 completions in 2024).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Other Transportation & Materials Moving programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
North American Trade Schools has the most Other Transportation & Materials Moving degree recipients, with 29 degrees awarded in 2024.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Other Transportation & Materials Moving.
Out of all institutions that offer Other Transportation & Materials Moving programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, North American Trade Schools has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Other Transportation & Materials Moving, with 5.72%.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Transportation graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Transportation majors is $131,520 and the most common occupations are Aircraft pilots & flight engineers, Other managers, and Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists.
The industry that employs the most Transportation majors is Air transportation, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Used merchandise retailers.
The average salary for Transportation majors is $131,520 and the most common occupations are Aircraft pilots & flight engineers, Other managers, and Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Transportation majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Transportation majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Transportation majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations for Transportation majors, by number of employees, are Aircraft pilots & flight engineers, Other managers, and Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Transportation majors working as Aircraft pilots & flight engineers, Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists, and Ship & boat captains & operators.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Transportation majors are Surgeons, Physicians, and Physician assistants.
The number of Transportation graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.91%, from 170,712 in 2023 to 177,392 in 2024.
The largest single share of Transportation graduates go on to work as Aircraft pilots & flight engineers (26.6%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Transportation by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Transportation majors, by number of employees, are Air transportation, Services incidental to transportation, and Aircraft & parts manufacturing.
The highest paying industries of Transportation majors, by average wage, are Used merchandise retailers, Not specified utilities, and Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers.
The number of Transportation graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.91%, from 170,712 in 2023 to 177,392 in 2024.
The industry which employs the most Transportation graduates by share is Air transportation, followed by Services incidental to transportation. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Transportation.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Transportation majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Transportation majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Transportation in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Transportation is 43.8.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Certificate of less than 1 academic year. Male employees are more likely to hold Transportation degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Transportation (21 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Transportation. The most common ages of employees with this major are 37 and 41 years old, which represent 3.19% and 3.03% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Other Transportation & Materials Moving are Certificate of less than 1 academic year, 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate, and Bachelors Degree.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Transportation are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Other Transportation & Materials Moving.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Other Transportation & Materials Moving for each race & ethnicity.
In 2024, White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate recipients in Other Transportation & Materials Moving.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Switzerland that hold Transportation degrees (10.9 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Philippines (2,921 degree recipients).
