2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Transportation & Materials Moving (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Transportation Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Other Transportation & Materials Moving is the 358th most popular major in the country with 8 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, other transportation and materials moving graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,367 and had an average of $12,166 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 2 other transportation and materials moving graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $23,833 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 other transportation and materials moving graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other transportation and materials moving programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the other transportation and materials moving program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Transportation Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Transportation Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree transportation students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Transportation & Materials Moving (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Lewis University

Romeoville, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$13,377 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lewis University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Transportation Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This medium-sized school is located in Romeoville, Illinois, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s transportation degrees in 2019-2020.

Lewis did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $13,377 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Transportation students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Lewis.

The low student loan default rate of 3.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Other Transportation & Materials Moving at Lewis

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Transportation & Materials Moving (Income $30-$48k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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