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Most Popular Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor's Degree Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region

2023 Most Popular Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor's Degree Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor's Degree 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Most Popular Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor's Degree Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 21 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular bachelor's degree programs for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Transportation & Materials Moving program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for transportation & materials moving majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Our analysis found Western Michigan University to be the most popular school for transportation & materials moving students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the small city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 214 students majoring in transportation & materials moving at WMU, 91% are male and 9% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public college with a large student population.

Of the 150 students majoring in transportation & materials moving at SIUC, 84% are male and 16% are female.

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#3

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Out of the 21 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

Of the 115 students majoring in transportation & materials moving at Purdue, 77% are male and 23% are female.

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#4

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, IN

Out of the 21 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Terre Haute, Indiana State is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 95 students majoring in transportation & materials moving at Indiana State, 87% are male and 13% are female.

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#5

Lewis University

Romeoville, IL

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Lewis University is a great place for transportation & materials moving students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Romeoville, Lewis is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 105 students majoring in transportation & materials moving at Lewis, 88% are male and 12% are female.

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With a ranking of #6, Kent State University at Kent did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for transportation & materials moving students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 53 students majoring in transportation & materials moving at Kent State, 77% are male and 23% are female.

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Ohio State University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for transportation & materials moving students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbus.

About 19% of the students majoring in transportation & materials moving at the school are women while 81% are male.

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Bowling Green State University - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the fringe town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public school with a large student population.

Women make up 15% of the transportation & materials moving majors at the school.

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#9

Northwestern Michigan College

Traverse City, MI

Northwestern Michigan College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular bachelor’s degree transportation & materials moving programs. Located in the town of Traverse City, NMC is a public college with a small student population.

About 14% of the students majoring in transportation & materials moving at the school are women while 86% are male.

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#10

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, MI

Eastern Michigan University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for transportation & materials moving students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public school with a large student population.

Women make up 19% of the transportation & materials moving majors at the school.

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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
Indiana 347
Michigan 794
Wisconsin 522
Ohio 853
Illinois 932

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 21 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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