New Jersey contains three schools that offer transportation programs. New Jersey Institute of Technology, the highest-ranking transportation school in NJ, has a total student population of 8,840 and is the 1870th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 3 transportation schools in New Jersey, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Divers Academy International comes out as the most expensive ($21,665/yr), with Mercer County Community College as the lowest recorded at only $3,403/yr.
Transportation students from New Jersey schools who go on to become transportation directors, bus drivers, taxi cab drivers, train engineers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 92,380 people working as transportation, storage, and distribution managers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $85,470. Also, Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks make on average $32,400 per year and there are about 142,500 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the New Jersey alone, there are employed reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks earning an average yearly salary of $35,220. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers in this state earn $102,470/yr and there are 4,430 employed.
Also, within the transportation schools in New Jersey, the average student population is 3,123 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 18 to 1. Aside from transportation, there are 3172 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,929 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $8,300, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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