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2023 Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

86 Colleges
$6,203 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate School for You

In 2021-2022, 33,306 transportation & materials moving students received their degrees and certificates, making the major the #7 most popular in the country.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 86 schools in the United States 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Colleges.

Top 15% Best Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Schools

#1

Johnson County Community College

Overland Park, KS

Our analysis found Johnson County Community College to be the best value school for transportation & materials moving students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the United States. Located in the medium-sized city of Overland Park, JCCC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at JCCC are $5,472 a year.

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

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Arkansas State University - Newport is a great value for transportation & materials moving students working on their basic certificate. Located in the rural area of Newport, ASUN is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at ASUN are $4,416 a year.

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Out of the 86 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Fox Valley Technical College landed the # 3 spot on the list. FVTC is a large public school located in the suburb of Appleton.

FVTC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,977 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, FVTC also is in the top 5% of our Best Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Trade Schools ranking.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Southeast Community College Area helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value transportation & materials moving schools in the United States. Located in the city of Lincoln, Southeast Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Southeast Community College are $3,864 a year.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Waukesha County Technical College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value transportation & materials moving schools in the United States. Located in the suburb of Pewaukee, WCTC is a public school with a moderately-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 list.

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Southern Regional Technical College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Schools ranking. Southwest Georgia Technical College is a small public school located in the town of Thomasville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southwest Georgia Technical College are $5,402 per year.

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Alexandria Technical & Community College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Schools list. ATCC is a small public school located in the remote town of Alexandria.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ATCC are $6,107 per year.

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With a ranking of #8, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide did quite well on this year’s best value schools for transportation & materials moving students working on their basic certificate. Embry-Riddle Worldwide is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Daytona Beach.

Embry-Riddle Worldwide undergraduate students pay an average of $11,185 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #9, Oconee Fall Line Technical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for transportation & materials moving students working on their basic certificate. Located in the rural area of Sandersville, OFTC is a public school with a small student population.

OFTC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,472 in tuition and fees each year.

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#10

Crowder College

Neosho, MO

Crowder College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the town of Neosho, Crowder College is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Crowder College are $5,616 per year.

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Chippewa Valley Technical College ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Schools list. Located in the small city of Eau Claire, CVTC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CVTC are $6,793 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, CVTC also did well on our Best Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Trade Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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West Georgia Technical College ranked #12 on this year’s Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Schools list. West Georgia Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Waco.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at West Georgia Technical College are $5,522 a year.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great value schools for Transportation & Materials Moving students seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Schools award.

Rank College Location
13 Minnesota State College Southeast Winona, MN
14 Southern Crescent Technical College Griffin, GA
15 Central Georgia Technical College Warner Robins, GA
16 Wiregrass Georgia Technical College Valdosta, GA
17 Hagerstown Community College Hagerstown, MD

Transportation & Materials Moving by Region

View the Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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 25 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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