Mississippi·Transportation and Material Moving Occupations·SOC 53-3053

Best Shuttle Driver programs in Mississippi, ranked by enrollment

Drive a motor vehicle to transport passengers on a planned or scheduled basis. May collect a fare.

8 schools in Mississippi run programs that feed this job, graduating 828 people a year. The job pays a median of $26,900 in Mississippi across about 1,150 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledDriverChauffeurShuttle DriverLimo Driver (Limousine Driver)Bus DriverCar DriverVan DriverTransporter
Graduates / yr
828
in Mississippi
Median pay · Mississippi
$26,900
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
1,150
people employed
Schools
8
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
48%
across those schools
Median net price
$18,202
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Mississippi that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

1 programs in Mississippi that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Mississippi (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Mississippi page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1828
100.0%
8$42,812$7,572

Top 8 schools in Mississippi

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 3 of the 8 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Delta Technical College - Mississippi
Horn Lake, MS Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs
475Truck and Bus Driver/Commercial Vehicle Operator and Instructor$36,23471%$18,202
2Hinds Community College
Raymond, MS Public · 1 feeder programs
190Truck and Bus Driver/Commercial Vehicle Operator and Instructor$32,53243%
3Jones County Junior College
Ellisville, MS Public · 1 feeder programs
62Truck and Bus Driver/Commercial Vehicle Operator and Instructor41%
4Meridian Community College
Meridian, MS Public · 1 feeder programs
49Truck and Bus Driver/Commercial Vehicle Operator and Instructor$38,76634%
5Coahoma Community College
Clarksdale, MS Public · 1 feeder programs
21Truck and Bus Driver/Commercial Vehicle Operator and Instructor41%
6Northwest Mississippi Community College
Senatobia, MS Public · 1 feeder programs
19Truck and Bus Driver/Commercial Vehicle Operator and Instructor45%
7Copiah - Lincoln Community College
Wesson, MS Public · 1 feeder programs
8Truck and Bus Driver/Commercial Vehicle Operator and Instructor50%
8Southwest Mississippi Community College
Summit, MS Public · 1 feeder programs
4Truck and Bus Driver/Commercial Vehicle Operator and Instructor56%

All 8 schools in Mississippi

Every school in Mississippi with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in Mississippi that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Delta Technical College - MississippiHorn LakePrivate for-profit4751
Hinds Community CollegeRaymondPublic1901
Jones County Junior CollegeEllisvillePublic621
Meridian Community CollegeMeridianPublic491
Coahoma Community CollegeClarksdalePublic211
Northwest Mississippi Community CollegeSenatobiaPublic191
Copiah - Lincoln Community CollegeWessonPublic81
Southwest Mississippi Community CollegeSummitPublic41

What shuttle drivers and chauffeurs earn in Mississippi

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Mississippi
$26,900
Mean annual
$29,080
Jobs in state
1,150
What the range looks like
10th pct$21,080Median$26,90090th pct$41,280
Versus the national median
-27.9%

U.S. median $37,290. Mississippi pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
0.62×

1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.

Metro areas in Mississippi

Jackson, MS
$29,320median
240 jobs
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS
$25,140median
110 jobs
Hattiesburg, MS
$22,000median
80 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+6.7%
Faster than average
Openings per year
36,300
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
16,400
243,900 → 260,300
Typical entry education
No formal educational credential
Plus short-term on-the-job training

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs page.

How to become a Shuttle Driver

Job zone 2 of 5 · SVP Below 6.0
Typical entry education
No formal educational credential
On-the-job training
Short-term on-the-job training

Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.

Some occupations may need little or no previous experience; others require several months to a year of experience. For example, landscaping and groundskeeping workers might require very little training or previous experience, while agricultural equipment operators can benefit from on-the job training.

Ranges from a few days to one year of on-the-job training.

Top skills

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The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Mississippi

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 1 majors mapped to Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs1 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 49.0205Truck and Bus Driver/Commercial Vehicle Operator and Instructor

Common questions

Answers for people weighing shuttle drivers and chauffeurs programs in Mississippi.

What degree do you need to become a Shuttle Driver?+

No formal educational credential is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Truck and Bus Driver/Commercial Vehicle Operator and Instructor, which awarded 828 degrees in Mississippi in 2024-25, 100.0% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Shuttle Driver?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 1 programs to this occupation. The largest are Ground Transportation. Together they graduate about 828 people a year in Mississippi.

How much do shuttle drivers and chauffeurs earn in Mississippi?+

The median is $26,900 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 27.9% below the U.S. median of $37,290. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for shuttle drivers and chauffeurs growing?+

BLS projects a +6.7% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, faster than average, with roughly 36,300 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Mississippi?+

8 institutions in Mississippi reported graduates from at least one of the 1 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do shuttle drivers and chauffeurs work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Driver, Chauffeur, Shuttle Driver, Limo Driver (Limousine Driver) among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 53-3053.

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About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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