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2023 Best Transportation & Materials Moving Trade Schools

142 Colleges
$42,489 Avg Salary
$13,949 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Transportation & Materials Moving School for You

Transportation & Materials Moving is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 7th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 28,383 degrees and certificates were awarded to students with this major.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Transportation & Materials Moving Trade Schools ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 142 schools in the United States to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for trade school students.

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2023 Best Transportation & Materials Moving Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Transportation & Materials Moving Colleges.

Top 15% Best Transportation & Materials Moving Schools

Our analysis found L3 Commercial Training Solutions Airline Academy to be the best school for transportation and materials moving students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. L3 Commercial Training Solutions Airline Academy is a small private for-profit school located in the small city of Sanford.

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The excellent programs at Divers Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best transportation and materials moving schools in the United States. Divers Institute of Technology is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Transportation & Materials Moving Trade Schools list. Embry-Riddle Worldwide is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Daytona Beach.

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Out of the 142 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Divers Academy International landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of ERIAL, Divers Academy of the Eastern Seaboard is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Transportation & Materials Moving Trade Schools list. ENMU - Main Campus is a small public school located in the town of Portales.

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With a ranking of #6, Community College of Allegheny County did quite well on this year’s best schools for transportation and materials moving students. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, CCAC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Central Lakes College - Brainerd landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best transportation and materials moving programs. Central Lakes College is a small public school located in the town of Brainerd.

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State Technical College of Missouri landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best transportation and materials moving programs. STC is a small public school located in the rural area of Linn.

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#9

CDA Technical Institute

Jacksonville, FL

CDA Technical Institute ranked #9 on this year’s Best Transportation & Materials Moving Trade Schools list. CDA Technical Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Jacksonville.

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#10

Johnson County Community College

Overland Park, KS

Johnson County Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Transportation & Materials Moving Trade Schools ranking. Located in the midsize city of Overland Park, JCCC is a public college with a large student population.

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Fox Valley Technical College came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Transportation & Materials Moving Trade Schools ranking. FVTC is a large public school located in the midsize suburb of Appleton.

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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Transportation & Materials Moving Trade Schools ranking. Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Daytona Beach.

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#13

Northwestern Michigan College

Traverse City, MI

Northwestern Michigan College ranked #13 on this year’s Best Transportation & Materials Moving Trade Schools list. Located in the town of Traverse City, NMC is a public college with a small student population.

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Utah Valley University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for transportation and materials moving students. It came in at #14 on the list. Located in the city of Orem, UVU is a public school with a very large student population.

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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott ranked #15 on this year’s Best Transportation & Materials Moving Trade Schools list. Embry-Riddle Prescott is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Prescott.

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New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Massachusetts came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Best Transportation & Materials Moving Trade Schools ranking. Located in the suburb of North Andover, NETTTS is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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Diesel Driving Academy, Shreveport landed the #17 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best transportation and materials moving programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Shreveport, Diesel Driving Academy, Shreveport is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Rhode Island came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Best Transportation & Materials Moving Trade Schools ranking. NETTTS is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Pawtucket.

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With a ranking of #19, Diesel Driving Academy, Baton Rouge did quite well on this year’s best schools for transportation and materials moving students. Located in the city of Baton Rouge, Diesel Driving Academy, Baton Rouge is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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#20

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Purdue University - Main Campus ranked #20 on this year’s Best Transportation & Materials Moving Trade Schools list. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

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Miller-Motte College Fayetteville did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for transportation and materials moving students. It came in at #21 on the list. Located in the city of Fayetteville, MMC Fayetteville is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great schools for Transportation & Materials Moving students that almost earned our Best Transportation & Materials Moving Trade Schools award.

Rank College Location
22 North American Trade Schools Baltimore, MD
23 All-State Career School - Pittsburgh West Mifflin, PA
24 Advanced Career Institute Visalia, CA
25 Waukesha County Technical College Pewaukee, WI
26 Miller-Motte College Conway Conway, SC
27 Hamrick School Medina, OH
28 Rosedale Technical College Pittsburgh, PA

Transportation & Materials Moving by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Transportation & Materials Moving Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Ground Transportation 17,893
Air Transportation 9,287
Marine Transportation 1,203

Related Major Annual Graduates
Personal & Culinary Services 130,306
Mechanic & Repair Technologies 96,307
Precision Production 52,905
Construction Trades 35,794

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Alessandro Aceri.

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