About Students & Alumni

Who Are Our Students?

Student Award Winners

About Our Alumni

Alumni Testimonials

Who Are Our Students?

Students in the Transportation Management program come from across the industry, representing an incredible diveristy of both employers (public sector, private sector, nonprofts) and job functions. Here's a sample of where our students from the past few years have worked and what they do:

Employers: AC Transit, Aira Tech Corp, Apple, BART, California Water Service, Caltrans, City of Clovis, City of Greeley (CO), City of Los Angeles, City of Modesto, City of Oakland, City of Richmond, City of San Jose, Contra Costa Centre Association, Crossroads Lab, DHS, East Bay Regional Park District, Econolite, ICF, Kimberly-Horn & Associates, LA Metro, Meta, MTC, NALCO Water, OCTA, Palo Alto Networks, Populus Group, Port of San Francisco, Presidio Trust, Sacramento Regional Transit, SAE Technical Services, SamTrans, San Diego Metropolitan Transit System, Santa Clara VTA, San Francisco County Transportation Authority, SCAG, Stanford University, Stanislaus Regional Transti, Tahoe Transportation District, Transdev North America, TransForm, TransitAmerica Services, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, WSP

Job Functions: Assistant Superintendent of Rolling Stock Maintenance, Assistant Transit Planner, Bus Operations Supervisor, Communications System Analyst, Conflicts Analyst, Director of Commuter Rail Safety, Director for Construction Management, Electro Mechanic Foreperson, Environmental Planner, Equipment Maintenance Supervisor,  Executive Secretary, General Manager, GIS Technician, Grants Program Specialist, Labor Compliance Administrator, Local Government Community Relations Manager, Manager of Paratransit & Minibus, Manager of Transit Vehicle Cleaning, Material Manager, Planning Analyst, Policy Liaison, Principal Contracting Administrator, Principal Transportation Planner, Public Policy Analyst, Rail Equipment Maintenance Instructor, Regulatory Enforcement Supervisor, Right-of-Way Appraisals Analyst, Senior Civil Engineer, Senior Graphic Designer, Solutions Engineering Manager, Station Agent, Transportation Electrical Engineer, Transportation Operations Business Manager, Transportation Planner, Utility Engineering Branch Manager

To meet recent graduates, check out the recordings from the MSTM Capstone Showcases in 2023 and 2022. The graduates each present their captone research in a quick video.

Student Award Winners

MSTM students regularly win prestigious state and national awards from organizations such as the American Public Transportation Foundation, ITS California, and WTS. Meet some of our recent student award winners here.

About Our Alumni

MSTM and certificate alumni belong to three different alumni organizations, each of which offer graduates networking opportunities and a range of formal and informal supports.

MTIConnect is the alumnni group for graduates of the transportation management masters and certificate programs. The association provides helpful resources for current and past students through its newsletter, web site, capstone coach program, and networking events.

Transportation Management graduates are also members of the Lucas Graduate School of Business Alumni Network, for the school's 50,000+ alumni.

And graduates are, of course, also part of the university-wide SJSU Alumni Network.