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Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

2023 Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$7,978 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

With 33,306 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, transportation & materials moving is the #7 most popular major in the United States.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Southwest Region to see which basic certificate 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Transportation & Materials Moving

Our 2023 rankings named Central New Mexico Community College the best value school in the Southwest Region for transportation & materials moving students working on their basic certificate. CNM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

CNM undergraduate students pay an average of $7,978 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means HDS Truck Driving Institute is a great value for transportation & materials moving students working on their basic certificate. Located in the rural area of Tucson, HDS Truck Driving Institute is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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#2

M T Training Center

Grand Prairie, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend M T Training Center. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. M T Training Center is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Grand Prairie.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulsa Technology Center. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Tulsa, Tulsa Tech is a public school with a small student population.

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CET, El Paso

El Paso, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend CET, El Paso. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of El Paso, CET, El Paso is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Best Transportation & Materials Moving Colleges by State

Explore the best transportation & materials moving schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 577
Texas 1,299
New Mexico 337
Oklahoma 585

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 5 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.

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