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2023 Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools in Michigan

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$12,493 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$50,023 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Transportation & Materials Moving School for You

Transportation & Materials Moving is the #31 most popular major in Michigan with 292 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools in Michigan ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Michigan to see which ones offered the best value programs for transportation and materials moving students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools in Michigan

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Colleges.

Best Michigan Schools for Affordable Quality in Transportation & Materials Moving

#1

Northwestern Michigan College

Traverse City, MI
$8,544 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Northwestern Michigan College to be the best value school for transportation and materials moving students who want to pursue a degree in Michigan. NMC is a small public school located in the remote town of Traverse City.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NMC are $8,544 a year. The average amount in student loans that transportation and materials moving majors at NMC take out is $20,625.

Full Transportation & Materials Moving at Northwestern Michigan College Report

$13,434 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Michigan University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools in Michigan list. WMU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Kalamazoo.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WMU are $13,434 per year. While working on their degree, transportation and materials moving majors at WMU accumulate an average of around $26,312 in student debt. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $590.

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$15,500 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Eastern Michigan University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best transportation and materials moving schools in Michigan. Eastern Michigan is a large public school located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti.

Eastern Michigan undergraduate students pay an average of $15,500 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Transportation & Materials Moving majors at Eastern Michigan take out an average of $26,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

Read full report on Transportation & Materials Moving at Eastern Michigan University

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 314
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 3 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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