Railroad & Railway Transportation
Add ComparisonIn 2021, the locations with the highest concentration of Railroad & Railway Transportation degree recipients are Overland Park, KS, Vancouver, WA, and San Diego, CA. In 2021, the locations with a relatively high number of Railroad & Railway Transportation degree recipients are Overland Park, KS, Vancouver, WA, and San Diego, CA. The most common degree awarded to students studying Railroad & Railway Transportation is a associates degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Railroad & Railway Transportation and the types of students that study this field. Johnson County Community College awards the most degrees in Railroad & Railway Transportation in the US, but International Air and Hospitality Academy and Johnson County Community College have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Railroad & Railway Transportation.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Railroad & Railway Transportation programs are Public, 2-year institutions (3 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 2-year (63 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Railroad & Railway Transportation, is Public, 2-year (63 completions in 2021).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Railroad & Railway Transportation programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Johnson County Community College has the most Railroad & Railway Transportation degree recipients, with 63 degrees awarded in 2021.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Railroad & Railway Transportation.
Out of all institutions that offer Railroad & Railway Transportation programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, International Air and Hospitality Academy has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Railroad & Railway Transportation, with 9.54%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Railroad & Railway Transportation by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Railroad & Railway 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 Associates Degree. Male employees are more likely to hold Transportation degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Transportation (43 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 Railroad & Railway Transportation are 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 4 institutions that graduate the most students in Railroad & Railway Transportation.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Railroad & Railway 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 Associates Degree recipients in Railroad & Railway Transportation.
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 Railroad & Railway Transportation field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Railroad & Railway Transportation majors need many skills, but most especially Operation Monitoring. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Railroad & Railway Transportation majors need more than the average amount of Repairing, Equipment Maintenance, Operation and Control, Troubleshooting, Equipment Selection, Operation Monitoring, Quality Control Analysis, Monitoring, Time Management, Coordination, Learning Strategies, Service Orientation, Judgment and Decision Making, Instructing, Complex Problem Solving, Social Perceptiveness, Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Management of Personnel Resources, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Speaking, Negotiation, Active Learning, Management of Material Resources, Persuasion, Mathematics, Systems Evaluation, Systems Analysis, Installation, Technology Design, Management of Financial Resources, Operations Analysis, Science, and Programming.
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 Railroad & Railway 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 Operation Monitoring, Operation and Control, Monitoring, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Time Management, Troubleshooting, Coordination, Judgment and Decision Making, Quality Control Analysis, Complex Problem Solving, Speaking, Writing, Social Perceptiveness, Learning Strategies, Active Learning, Instructing, Service Orientation, Equipment Maintenance, Repairing, Persuasion, Management of Personnel Resources, Negotiation, Mathematics, Systems Evaluation, Systems Analysis, Equipment Selection, Management of Material Resources, Management of Financial Resources, Operations Analysis, Technology Design, Science, Installation, and Programming are the three most important skills for people in the field.
