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

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$15,996 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,088 Avg Salary

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.

There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Plains States 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

Check out the transportation & materials moving associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

#1

Johnson County Community College

Overland Park, KS

Our 2023 rankings named Johnson County Community College the best value school in the Plains States Region for transportation & materials moving students working on their associate degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Overland Park, JCCC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at JCCC are $5,472 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, JCCC also did well on our Best Transportation & Materials Moving Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#2

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

The excellent associate degree programs at Kansas State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value transportation & materials moving schools in the Plains States Region . K -State is a large public school located in the city of Manhattan.

K -State undergraduate students pay an average of $26,519 in tuition and fees each year.

K -State also claimed a spot on our Best Transportation & Materials Moving Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

Full Transportation & Materials Moving at Kansas State University Report

Best Transportation & Materials Moving Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 216
Minnesota 241
Iowa 93
South Dakota 27
North Dakota 313
Missouri 465
Nebraska 115

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

Majors Similar to Transportation & Materials Moving

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 2 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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