2023 Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate 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.
The Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 8 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate 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. 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 Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for transportation & materials moving majors pursuing a basic certificate.
Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year 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 basic certificate. FVTC is a large public school located in the midsize suburb of Appleton.
FVTC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,977 in tuition and fees each year.
FVTC also took the #5 spot in our Best Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Waukesha County Technical College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large suburb of Pewaukee, WCTC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at WCTC are $6,722 a year.
WCTC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
The excellent basic certificate programs at Chippewa Valley Technical 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 small city of Eau Claire, CVTC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
CVTC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,793 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, CVTC is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lincoln Land Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Springfield, LLCC is a public school with a small student population.
LLCC undergraduate students pay an average of $10,068 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Elgin Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. ECC is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Elgin.
ECC undergraduate students pay an average of $9,516 in tuition and fees each year.
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City Colleges of Chicago - Olive-Harvey College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate transportation & materials moving programs. Located in the large city of Chicago, Olive-Harvey College is a public school with a small student population.
Olive-Harvey College undergraduate students pay an average of $14,430 in tuition and fees each year.
Hamrick School ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the rural area of Medina, Hamrick School is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
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Mid-EastCTC-Adult Education came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the rural area of Zanesville, Mid-EastCTC-Adult Education is a public college with a small student population.
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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 8 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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