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2023 Most Popular Transportation & Materials Moving Trade Schools in Michigan

13 Colleges
$50,023 Avg Salary
$19,436 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Transportation & Materials Moving School for You

In 2021-2022, transportation & materials moving students earned 794 degrees and certificates from a Michigan school, making the subject the 5th in the state.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.

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 Trade Schools in Michigan ranking. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in Michigan to see which 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Transportation & Materials Moving Colleges.

#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 degree in Michigan. Located in the large suburb of Sterling Heights, U.S. Truck Driver Training School is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Western Michigan University is a great place for transportation & materials moving students. Located in the city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public school with a large student population.

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#3

Northwestern Michigan College

Traverse City, MI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwestern Michigan College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Transportation & Materials Moving Trade Schools in Michigan list. Located in the remote town of Traverse City, NMC is a public college with a small student population.

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Out of the 13 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne County Community College District landed the # 4 spot on the list. WCCCD is a large public school located in the large city of Detroit.

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Out of the 13 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Michigan University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Gogebic Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Transportation & Materials Moving Trade Schools in Michigan ranking. Located in the rural area of Ironwood, Gogebic Community College is a public school with a fairly small student population.

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#7

Andrews University

Berrien Springs, MI

Andrews University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for transportation & materials moving students. It came in at #7 on the list. Andrews is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Berrien Springs.

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School of Missionary Aviation Technology landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular transportation & materials moving programs. School of Missionary Aviation Technology is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Ionia.

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With a ranking of #9, Siena Heights University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for transportation & materials moving students. Located in the town of Adrian, Siena Heights University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#10

Schoolcraft College

Livonia, MI

Schoolcraft College ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Transportation & Materials Moving Trade Schools in Michigan list. Located in the small city of Livonia, Schoolcraft College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 347
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 13 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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