2025 Best Transportation & Materials Moving Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Transportation & Materials Movingmaster's programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major degree program ranks #32 out of the 37 majors we look at each year. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of transportation & materials moving. Combined, these schools handed out 92 master's degrees in transportation & materials moving to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to transportation & materials moving students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of transportation & materials moving students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt transportation & materials moving students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized transportation & materials moving related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for transportation & materials moving students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The transportation & materials moving school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Transportation & Materials Moving Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Transportation & Materials Moving in the Great Lakes Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in transportation & materials moving.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Master's in Transportation & Materials Moving

1

Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

63 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in transportation & materials moving needs to look into Purdue University - Main Campus. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in transportation & materials moving from Purdue University - Main Campus

2

Lewis University
Romeoville, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

22 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in transportation & materials moving has to check out Lewis University. Lewis is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Romeoville.More information about a master’s in transportation & materials moving from Lewis University

Best Transportation & Materials Moving Colleges by State

Explore the best transportation & materials moving colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	34	31
Indiana	33	60

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Transportation & Materials Moving Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Air Transportation	92

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.