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

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$5,710 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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.

There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

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 in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Plains States 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

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

Check out the transportation & materials moving basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

#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 Plains States Region . Located in the city of Overland Park, JCCC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at JCCC are $5,472 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeast Community College Area. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Lincoln, Southeast Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Southeast Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $3,864 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alexandria Technical & Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. ATCC is a small public school located in the town of Alexandria.

ATCC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,107 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Crowder College

Neosho, MO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Crowder College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the distant town of Neosho, Crowder College is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Crowder College are $5,616 a year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Minnesota State College Southeast is a great value for transportation & materials moving students working on their basic certificate. MSC Southeast is a small public school located in the distant town of Winona.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at MSC Southeast are $7,490 a year.

Full Transportation & Materials Moving at Minnesota State College Southeast Report

With a ranking of #6, Midwest Technical Institute - Springfield, Missouri did quite well on this year’s best value schools for transportation & materials moving students working on their basic certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Springfield, MTI - Springfield, Missouri is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Read full report on Transportation & Materials Moving at Midwest Technical Institute - Springfield, Missouri

Best Transportation & Materials Moving Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 216
Minnesota 241
Iowa 93
South Dakota 27
North Dakota 313
Missouri 465
Nebraska 115

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

Majors Similar to Transportation & Materials Moving

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 6 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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