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Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

2023 Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

11 Colleges
$22,677 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,316 Avg Salary

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.

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

#1

Northwestern Michigan College

Traverse City, MI

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 college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NMC are $12,048 per year.

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

Read full report on Transportation & Materials Moving at Northwestern Michigan College

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a great value for transportation & materials moving students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public college 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.

Full Transportation & Materials Moving at Southern Illinois University Carbondale Report

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Western Michigan University 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 small city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public college with a large student population.

WMU undergraduate students pay an average of $18,254 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Transportation & Materials Moving at Western Michigan University

#4

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 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 small city of West Lafayette.

Purdue undergraduate students pay an average of $28,794 in tuition and fees each year.

Purdue also claimed a spot on our Best Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

Full Transportation & Materials Moving at Purdue University - Main Campus Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Eastern Michigan are $16,410 per year.

Read full report on Transportation & Materials Moving at Eastern Michigan University

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 fairly large public school located in the town of Athens.

OHIO Athens undergraduate students pay an average of $23,720 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Transportation & Materials Moving at Ohio University - Athens Campus Report

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 college with a fairly large student population.

Kent State undergraduate students pay an average of $20,287 in tuition and fees each year.

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Bowling Green State University - Main Campus 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 #8 on the list. Located in the town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at BGSU are $21,132 a year.

Read full report on Transportation & Materials Moving at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus

#9

Lewis University

Romeoville, IL

Lewis University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree transportation & materials moving programs. Located in the suburb of Romeoville, Lewis is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lewis are $36,530 per year.

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#10

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, IN

Indiana State University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree transportation & materials moving programs. Located in the small city of Terre Haute, Indiana State is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Indiana State undergraduate students pay an average of $21,160 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Transportation & Materials Moving at Indiana State University

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
Indiana 347
Michigan 794
Wisconsin 522
Ohio 853
Illinois 932

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 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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