2022 Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 26,683 people earned their degree in transportation and materials moving, making the major the 33rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, transportation and materials moving graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $38,851 and had an average of $15,285 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 3,906 transportation and materials moving graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,448 and $15,728 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 78 transportation and materials moving graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in transportation and materials moving. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality transportation and materials moving programs that also have a lower cost than 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 transportation and materials moving program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 & Materials Moving Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Transportation & Materials Moving (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$28,794 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in West Lafayette, Indiana, and it awarded 57 masters’s transportation and materials moving degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue also took the #1 spot in our “Best Transportation & Materials Moving Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue University - Main Campus are $28,794, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Lewis University

Romeoville, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$14,780 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Lewis University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Romeoville, Illinois, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 21 degrees to qualified masters’s transportation and materials moving students in 2019-2020.

Lewis also took the #2 spot in our “Best Transportation & Materials Moving Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lewis University are $14,780, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Transportation & Materials Moving (Income $0-$30k)

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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