2023 Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Associate Degree Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

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

With 310 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, transportation and materials moving is the #33 most popular major in Illinois.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Illinois 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Transportation & Materials Moving

Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Degrees Awarded
Indiana	314
Michigan	292
Ohio	239
Wisconsin	11

Transportation & Materials Moving Related Majors for Transportation & Materials Moving

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

Majors Similar to Transportation & Materials Moving

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 2 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.