2023 Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor's 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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which bachelor's 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.
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2023 Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for transportation & materials moving majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.
Top 10 Best Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Northwestern Michigan College to be the best value school for transportation & materials moving students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the remote town of Traverse City, NMC is a public school with a small student population.
NMC undergraduate students pay an average of $12,048 in tuition and fees each year.
NMC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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Out of the 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public college with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SIUC are $15,416 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Michigan University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at WMU are $18,254 a year.
Full Transportation & Materials Moving at Western Michigan University Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Purdue is a very large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Purdue are $28,794 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Purdue is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Eastern Michigan University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value transportation & materials moving schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Eastern Michigan are $16,410 a year.
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Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree transportation & materials moving programs. OHIO Athens is a very large public school located in the town of Athens.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at OHIO Athens are $23,720 per year.
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Kent State University at Kent did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for transportation & materials moving students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Kent State are $20,287 a year.
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Bowling Green State University - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the fringe town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at BGSU are $21,132 per year.
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Lewis University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for transportation & materials moving students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Romeoville, Lewis is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Lewis are $36,530 a year.
Full Transportation & Materials Moving at Lewis University Report
Indiana State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for transportation & materials moving students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the small city of Terre Haute, Indiana State is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Indiana State are $21,160 a year.
Best Transportation & Materials Moving Colleges by State
Explore the best transportation & materials moving colleges 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 |
Transportation & Materials Moving Related Majors for Transportation & Materials Moving
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 11 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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