Transportation
Contains Stem Majors
Add ComparisonIn 2021, the locations with the highest concentration of Transportation degree recipients are Daytona Beach, FL, Visalia, CA, and Bridgeport, CT. In 2021, the locations with a relatively high number of Transportation degree recipients are Goodyear, AZ, Kalaoa, HI, and Pawtucket, RI. The most common degree awarded to students studying Transportation is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Transportation and the types of students that study this field. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide awards the most degrees in Transportation in the US, but California Aeronautical University (433420) and New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Connecticut have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Transportation.
Tuition costs for Transportation majors are, on average, $6,006 for in-state public colleges, and $32,690 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Transportation programs are Public, 2-year institutions (244 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private for-profit, less-than 2-year (8,562 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Transportation, is Private for-profit, less-than 2-year (8,562 completions in 2021).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Transportation programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide has the most Transportation degree recipients, with 1,859 degrees awarded in 2021.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Transportation.
Out of all institutions that offer Transportation programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, California Aeronautical University (433420) has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Transportation, with 100%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Transportation by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Transportation.
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 $112,650 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 Offices of physicians.
The average salary for Transportation majors is $112,650 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 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 Physicians, Personal financial advisors, and Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.
The number of Transportation graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.2%, from 157,117 in 2020 to 162,145 in 2021.
The largest single share of Transportation graduates go on to work as Aircraft pilots & flight engineers (26.8%). 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 Offices of physicians, Computer & peripheral equipment manufacturing, and Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals.
The number of Transportation graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.2%, from 157,117 in 2020 to 162,145 in 2021.
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 Bachelors Degree. Male employees are more likely to hold Transportation degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Transportation (12,813 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Transportation. The most common ages of employees with this major are 52 and 36 years old, which represent 3.14% and 3.08% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Transportation are Bachelors Degree, Associates Degree, and 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate.
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 Transportation.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Transportation for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Transportation.
White Male students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Senegal that hold Transportation degrees (9.49 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 (2,392 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Transportation field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Transportation majors need many skills, but most especially Monitoring. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Transportation majors need more than the average amount of Repairing, Equipment Maintenance, Operation and Control, Equipment Selection, Troubleshooting, Operation Monitoring, Quality Control Analysis, Installation, Management of Material Resources, Coordination, Monitoring, Management of Personnel Resources, Management of Financial Resources, Time Management, Instructing, Negotiation, Critical Thinking, Learning Strategies, Judgment and Decision Making, Complex Problem Solving, Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness, Persuasion, Service Orientation, Active Learning, Speaking, Systems Evaluation, Systems Analysis, Mathematics, Reading Comprehension, Operations Analysis, Technology Design, Writing, Programming, and Science.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Transportation majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Repairing is very distinctive for majors, but the Monitoring, Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Coordination, Operation and Control, Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Time Management, Judgment and Decision Making, Operation Monitoring, Complex Problem Solving, Active Learning, Social Perceptiveness, Management of Personnel Resources, Instructing, Writing, Learning Strategies, Persuasion, Service Orientation, Quality Control Analysis, Negotiation, Systems Analysis, Systems Evaluation, Troubleshooting, Mathematics, Management of Material Resources, Equipment Maintenance, Repairing, Management of Financial Resources, Operations Analysis, Equipment Selection, Technology Design, Science, Programming, and Installation are the three most important skills for people in the field.