2022 Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Master’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 Master’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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 50 transportation and materials moving graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the transportation and materials moving program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 “Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region”.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree transportation & materials moving students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’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

$18,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Dakota. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. University of North Dakota is a public institution located in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 29 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UND, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Transportation & Materials Moving Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UND are $18,326, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of North Dakota Transportation & Materials Moving Report

#2

University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$16,394 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Missouri. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Master’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 21 masters’s transportation and materials moving degrees to qualified students.

UCM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Transportation & Materials Moving Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCM are $16,394, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Transportation & Materials Moving at University of Central Missouri

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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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