Transportation & Materials Moving at Purdue University - Main Campus

What traits are you looking for in a transportation and materials moving school? To help you decide if Purdue University - Main Campus is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's transportation and materials moving program.

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 120 students received a bachelor's degree in transportation and materials moving from Purdue.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Transportation & Materials Moving section at the bottom of this page.

Purdue Transportation & Materials Moving Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Transportation & Materials Moving
• Master’s Degree in Transportation & Materials Moving

Online Classes Are Available at Purdue

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Purdue does offer online courses in transportation and materials moving for the following degree levels:

Purdue Transportation & Materials Moving Rankings

The transportation and materials moving major at Purdue is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Transportation & Materials Moving. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

In 2021, 60 students received their master’s degree in transportation and materials moving from Purdue. This makes it the #2 most popular school for transportation and materials moving master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in transportation and materials moving, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Transportation & Materials Moving Student Demographics at Purdue

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the transportation and materials moving majors at Purdue University - Main Campus.

Purdue Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 83% of transportation and materials moving bachelor's degrees went to men and 17% went to women. The typical transportation and materials moving bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% women. So female students are more repesented at Purdue since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in transportation and materials moving at Purdue are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Purdue University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in transportation and materials moving.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	90
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Purdue Transportation & Materials Moving Master’s Program

Of the 60 transportation and materials moving students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Purdue, about 68% were men and 32% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Purdue University - Main Campus with a master's in transportation and materials moving.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	29
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Purdue also has a doctoral program available in transportation and materials moving. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Transportation & Materials Moving

If you plan to be a transportation and materials moving major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Purdue University - Main Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Air Transportation	182

Related Majors

Careers That Transportation & Materials Moving Grads May Go Into

A degree in transportation and materials moving can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	54,560	$46,210
Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers	18,820	$33,930
Operating Engineers and Construction Equipment Operators	9,160	$58,180
Highway Maintenance Workers	4,150	$36,830
Crane and Tower Operators	2,080	$62,180

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Abhijitsathe under License

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