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Most Popular Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Pennsylvania

2023 Most Popular Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Pennsylvania

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

Transportation & Materials Moving is one of the most popular subjects to study in Pennsylvania. With 1,558 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 6th out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Most Popular Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in Pennsylvania 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.

Our 2023 rankings named Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics the most popular school in Pennsylvania for transportation & materials moving students working on their basic certificate. PIA is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of West Mifflin.

About 8% of the students majoring in transportation & materials moving at the school are women while 92% are male.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means All-State Career School - Lester is a great place for transportation & materials moving students working on their basic certificate. All-State Career School - Lester is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Essington.

Of the 255 students majoring in transportation & materials moving at All-State Career School - Lester, 88% are male and 12% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend All-State Career School - Pittsburgh. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the large suburb of West Mifflin, All-State Career School - Pittsburgh is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 226 students majoring in transportation & materials moving at All-State Career School - Pittsburgh, 85% are male and 15% are female.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means McCann School of Business & Technology is a great place for transportation & materials moving students working on their basic certificate. McCann School of Business & Technology is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Allentown.

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

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Penn Commercial Business/Technical School. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the large suburb of Washington, Penn Commercial is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

About 17% of the students majoring in transportation & materials moving at the school are women while 83% are male.

Full Transportation & Materials Moving at Penn Commercial Business/Technical School Report

#6

Douglas Education Center

Monessen, PA

Douglas Education Center landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular basic certificate transportation & materials moving programs. Douglas Education Center is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Monessen.

About 3% of the students majoring in transportation & materials moving at the school are women while 98% are male.

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York County School of Technology-Adult & Continuing Education landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular basic certificate transportation & materials moving programs. Located in the midsize suburb of York, York County School of Technology is a public school with a small student population.

About 7% of the students majoring in transportation & materials moving at the school are women while 93% are male.

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#7

New Castle School of Trades

New Castle, PA

New Castle School of Trades landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular basic certificate transportation & materials moving programs. New Castle School of Trades is a small private for-profit school located in the rural area of New Castle.

Of the 92 students majoring in transportation & materials moving at New Castle School of Trades, 96% are male and 4% are female.

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Fortis Institute - Forty Fort came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Transportation & Materials Moving Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Fortis Institute - Forty Fort is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Forty Fort.

About 16% of the students majoring in transportation & materials moving at the school are women while 84% are male.

Full Transportation & Materials Moving at Fortis Institute - Forty Fort Report

#10

Rosedale Technical College

Pittsburgh, PA

With a ranking of #10, Rosedale Technical College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for transportation & materials moving students working on their basic certificate. Rosedale Technical College is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Pittsburgh.

Women make up 16% of the transportation & materials moving majors at the school.

Full Transportation & Materials Moving at Rosedale Technical College Report

Best Transportation & Materials Moving Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Transportation & Materials Moving Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 90
Maryland 524
Delaware 174
New York 810

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 17 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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