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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Transportation & Materials Moving in the Plains States Region

7 Ranked Colleges
433 Degrees Awarded
$19,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Transportation & Materials Moving is the 33rd most popular major in the country with 26,683 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Plains States region, there were 1,556 transportation and materials moving graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,859 and $14,425 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 433 transportation and materials moving graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in transportation and materials moving. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent transportation and materials moving programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the transportation and materials moving program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Transportation & Materials Moving in the Plains States Region

#1

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Dakota landed the #1 spot on the list. Grand Forks, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s transportation and materials moving degrees to 196 students in 2019-2020.

UND also took the #1 spot in our “Best Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $15,738 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Transportation & Materials Moving students per year to attend UND.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #2 spot on the list. Minnesota State University - Mankato is located in Mankato, Minnesota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 45 bachelors’s transportation and materials moving degrees to qualified students.

Minnesota State Mankato also made our “Best Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $16,221 for plains states region bachelor’s degree transportation & materials moving students per year to attend Minnesota State Mankato.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Transportation & Materials Moving at Minnesota State Mankato

#3

University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, Missouri
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Missouri. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. University of Central Missouri is located in Warrensburg, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 31 bachelors’s transportation and materials moving degrees to qualified students.

UCM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $13,677 for plains states region bachelor’s degree transportation & materials moving students per year to attend University of Central Missouri.

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#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. This fairly large school is located in Omaha, Nebraska, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s transportation and materials moving degrees in 2019-2020.

UNOMAHA also made our “Best Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $14,040 for plains states region bachelor’s degree transportation & materials moving students per year to attend University of Nebraska at Omaha.

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#5

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Manhattan, Kansas, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s transportation and materials moving degrees in 2019-2020.

K -State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend K -State is $18,285 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Transportation & Materials Moving students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#6

University of Dubuque

Dubuque, Iowa
#5 in overall quality

University of Dubuque came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking. Dubuque, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s transportation and materials moving degrees to 40 students in 2019-2020.

UD also took the #5 spot in our “Best Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $26,748 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Transportation & Materials Moving students per year to attend University of Dubuque.

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#7

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#3 in overall quality

Saint Louis University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking. Saint Louis University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SLU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $28,188 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Transportation & Materials Moving students per year to attend Saint Louis University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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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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