Vocational Programs for Transportation Engineers Career

The role of Transportation Engineers is to develop plans for surface transportation projects, according to established engineering standards and state or federal construction policy.

6 vocational programs could be taken for the Transportation Engineers career.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Transportation Engineers Career

The following 6 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Transportation Engineers.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Transportation Engineers
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Civil Engineering	4	$32,937	-	-	-
Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering	1	-	-	-	-
Structural Engineering	3	$35,514	-	-	-
Transportation and Highway Engineering	1	$27,199	-	-	-
Water Resources Engineering	1	$39,031	-	-	-
Construction Engineering	2	$29,293	-	-	-

Related Occupations to Transportation Engineers Career

The following 36 occupations are related to Transportation Engineers.

Related Occupations toTransportation Engineers
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
Facilities Managers	131K	$111,110	$53
Industrial Production Managers	223K	$125,900	$61
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	199K	$111,870	$54
Construction Managers	329K	$116,960	$56
Architectural and Engineering Managers	208K	$172,290	$83
Natural Sciences Managers	96,520	$169,120	$81
Managers, All Other	590K	$146,320	$70
Logisticians	228K	$84,640	$41
Project Management Specialists	948K	$104,920	$50
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	111K	$100,400	$48
Aerospace Engineers	66,660	$134,330	$65
Chemical Engineers	21,140	$122,910	$59
Civil Engineers	328K	$101,160	$49
Electrical Engineers	185K	$117,680	$57
Environmental Engineers	39,880	$105,840	$51
Industrial Engineers	333K	$103,150	$50
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects	9,960	$108,110	$52
Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers	7,040	$105,460	$51
Petroleum Engineers	20,390	$148,590	$71
Engineers, All Other	151K	$118,350	$57
Architectural and Civil Drafters	111K	$65,000	$31
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	63,560	$63,770	$31
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians	13,780	$58,780	$28
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians	38,930	$67,990	$33
Conservation Scientists	22,790	$73,160	$35
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	80,730	$86,710	$42
Hydrologists	6,150	$96,410	$46
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other	35,210	$102,210	$49
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	32,390	$57,470	$28
Hydrologic Technicians	3,000	$61,500	$30
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	777K	$81,340	$39
Construction and Building Inspectors	134K	$72,880	$35
Highway Maintenance Workers	151K	$49,070	$24
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,503K	$49,650	$24
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	121K	$58,050	$28
Traffic Technicians	7,530	$56,680	$27

Schools offering vocational programs for Transportation Engineers

The following 12 schools offer the vocational programs and certificate courses for preparing Transportation Engineers. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.