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Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

2023 Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$10,746 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,088 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Transportation & Materials Moving Associate Degree School for You

Transportation & Materials Moving is the #33 most popular major in the country with 29,084 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which 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. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for transportation and materials moving students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Transportation & Materials Moving

Our analysis found Fox Valley Technical College to be the best value school for transportation and materials moving students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Great Lakes Region . FVTC is a large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Appleton.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FVTC are $6,861 per year.

FVTC also made our Best Transportation & Materials Moving Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #5.

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#2

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 #2 on this year’s Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the remote town of Traverse City, NMC is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NMC are $10,816 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lincoln Land Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the midsize city of Springfield, LLCC is a public college with a small student population.

LLCC undergraduate students pay an average of $10,068 in tuition and fees each year.

LLCC also claimed a spot on our Best Transportation & Materials Moving Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Southern Illinois University Carbondale helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value transportation and materials moving schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

SIUC undergraduate students pay an average of $15,240 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Transportation & Materials Moving Colleges by State

Explore the best transportation and materials moving schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 314
Michigan 292
Ohio 239
Illinois 310
Wisconsin 11

Transportation & Materials Moving Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Ground Transportation 17,893
Air Transportation 9,984
Marine Transportation 1,203
Other Transportation & Materials Moving 4

Related Major Annual Graduates
Personal & Culinary Services 130,328
Mechanic & Repair Technologies 96,336
Precision Production 52,913
Construction Trades 35,794

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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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