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Most Popular Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region

2023 Most Popular Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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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.

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.

The Most Popular Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 49 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which basic certificate programs were the most popular 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 basic certificate.

#1

U.S. Truck Driver Training School

Sterling Heights, MI

Our analysis found U.S. Truck Driver Training School to be the most popular school for transportation & materials moving students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large suburb of Sterling Heights, U.S. Truck Driver Training School is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

About 15% of the students majoring in transportation & materials moving at the school are women while 85% are male.

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The in-demand basic certificate programs at Fox Valley Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular transportation & materials moving schools in the Great Lakes Region . FVTC is a large public school located in the suburb of Appleton.

Of the 224 students majoring in transportation & materials moving at FVTC, 90% are male and 10% are female.

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#3

Hamrick School

Medina, OH

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hamrick School. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the rural area of Medina, Hamrick School is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Of the 188 students majoring in transportation & materials moving at Hamrick School, 88% are male and 12% are female.

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Out of the 49 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lincoln Land Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Springfield, LLCC is a public college with a small student population.

Women make up 10% of the transportation & materials moving majors at the school.

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The in-demand basic certificate programs at City Colleges of Chicago - Olive-Harvey College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular transportation & materials moving schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large city of Chicago, Olive-Harvey College is a public college with a small student population.

Of the 151 students majoring in transportation & materials moving at Olive-Harvey College, 70% are male and 30% are female.

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Apollo Career Center ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Lima, Apollo JVS is a public school with a small student population.

Women make up 14% of the transportation & materials moving majors at the school.

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Waukesha County Technical College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Pewaukee, WCTC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 100 students majoring in transportation & materials moving at WCTC, 90% are male and 10% are female.

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Butler Tech - D Russel Lee Career Center did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for transportation & materials moving students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. D Russel Lee Career Center is a fairly small public school located in the suburb of Monroe.

Of the 159 students majoring in transportation & materials moving at D Russel Lee Career Center, 89% are male and 11% are female.

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Illinois Valley Community College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular basic certificate transportation & materials moving programs. IVCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Oglesby.

About 12% of the students majoring in transportation & materials moving at the school are women while 88% are male.

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#10

Highland Community College

Freeport, IL

Highland Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Highland Community College is a small public school located in the town of Freeport.

About 5% of the students majoring in transportation & materials moving at the school are women while 95% are male.

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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 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.

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