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Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

2023 Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$34,470 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,088 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Transportation & Materials Moving Associate Degree School for You

With 33,306 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, transportation & materials moving is the #7 most popular major in the United States.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

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 Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for transportation & materials moving students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Transportation & Materials Moving

Our 2023 rankings named San Jacinto Community College the best value school in the Southwest Region for transportation & materials moving students working on their associate degree. San Jacinto College is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Pasadena.

San Jacinto College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,040 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 3 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State Technical College landed the # 2 spot on the list. TSTC is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Waco.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at TSTC are $11,094 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, TSTC also did well on our Best Transportation & Materials Moving Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#3

LeTourneau University

Longview, TX

The excellent associate degree programs at LeTourneau University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value transportation & materials moving schools in the Southwest Region . LETU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Longview.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at LETU are $34,470 a year.

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Best Transportation & Materials Moving Colleges by State

Explore the best transportation & materials moving colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 577
Texas 1,299
New Mexico 337
Oklahoma 585

Transportation & Materials Moving Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Ground Transportation 21,480
Air Transportation 10,326
Marine Transportation 1,493
Other Transportation & Materials Moving 7

Related Major Annual Graduates
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 3 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.

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