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

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$9,317 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,587 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Transportation & Materials Moving Undergraduate 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.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Plains States Region to see which undergraduate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for transportation & materials moving majors pursuing a undergraduate certificate.

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Transportation & Materials Moving

Our 2023 rankings named Central Lakes College - Brainerd the best value school in the Plains States Region for transportation & materials moving students working on their undergraduate certificate. Central Lakes College is a small public school located in the town of Brainerd.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Central Lakes College are $6,140 a year.

Central Lakes College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Transportation & Materials Moving Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend State Technical College of Missouri. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. STC is a small public school located in the rural area of Linn.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at STC are $13,320 per year.

STC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Transportation & Materials Moving Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend North Central Kansas Technical College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. North Central Kansas Technical College is a small public school located in the rural area of Beloit.

North Central Kansas Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,492 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Transportation & Materials Moving Colleges by State

Explore the best transportation & materials moving colleges 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 3 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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