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2023 Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Transportation & Materials Moving Associate Degree School for You
In 2021-2022, 33,306 transportation & materials moving students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #7 most popular in the country.
It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for transportation & materials moving students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Transportation & Materials Moving
Our 2023 rankings named Fox Valley Technical College the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for transportation & materials moving students working on their associate degree. FVTC is a fairly large public school located in the midsize suburb of Appleton.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at FVTC are $6,977 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, FVTC is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Transportation & Materials Moving Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern Michigan College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Traverse City, NMC is a public college with a small student population.
NMC undergraduate students pay an average of $12,048 in tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent associate degree programs at Lincoln Land Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value transportation & materials moving schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Springfield, LLCC is a public school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at LLCC are $10,068 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SIUC are $15,416 a year.
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Explore the best transportation & materials moving schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Indiana | 347 |
Michigan | 794 |
Wisconsin | 522 |
Ohio | 853 |
Illinois | 932 |
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Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
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Transportation & Materials Moving Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Ground Transportation | 21,480 |
Air Transportation | 10,326 |
Marine Transportation | 1,493 |
Other Transportation & Materials Moving | 7 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Transportation & Materials Moving
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Personal & Culinary Services | 149,352 |
Mechanic & Repair Technologies | 105,741 |
Precision Production | 55,411 |
Construction Trades | 40,802 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.
- 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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.