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2022 Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

7 Ranked Colleges
433 Degrees Awarded
$43,180 Avg Salary
Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Transportation & Materials Moving (Income $48-$75k) 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 For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Dakota landed the #1 spot on the list. University of North Dakota is a fairly large school located in Grand Forks, North Dakota that handed out 196 bachelors’s transportation and materials moving degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree transportation & materials moving students whose families make $48-$75k list, UND has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $15,109 for plains states region bachelor’s degree transportation & materials moving students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend University of North Dakota.

The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%.

Full University of North Dakota Transportation & Materials Moving Report

#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 For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #2 spot on the list. Minnesota State Mankato is a public institution located in Mankato, Minnesota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 45 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Minnesota State Mankato did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Minnesota State Mankato is $14,451 for plains states region bachelor’s degree transportation & materials moving students whose families make $48-$75k.

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 full report on Transportation & Materials Moving at Minnesota State Mankato

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Omaha, Nebraska, this fairly large public school awarded 31 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s transportation and materials moving students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree transportation & materials moving students whose families make $48-$75k list, UNOMAHA has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Nebraska at Omaha is $13,833 for plains states region bachelor’s degree transportation & materials moving students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Transportation & Materials Moving at UNOMAHA

#4

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 For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Kansas State University is a public institution located in Manhattan, Kansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

K -State also took the #4 spot in our “Best Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Kansas State University is $16,889 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Transportation & Materials Moving students whose families make $48-$75k.

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

Full Kansas State University Transportation & Materials Moving Report

#5

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 #5 for the Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. University of Central Missouri is a medium-sized public school situated in Warrensburg, Missouri. It awarded 31 bachelors’s transportation and materials moving degrees in 2019-2020.

UCM also took the #7 spot in our “Best Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Central Missouri is $13,977 for plains states region bachelor’s degree transportation & materials moving students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#6

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#3 in overall quality

Saint Louis University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #6. 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.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree transportation & materials moving students whose families make $48-$75k list, SLU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $23,734 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Transportation & Materials Moving students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend SLU.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Transportation & Materials Moving at SLU

#7

University of Dubuque

Dubuque, Iowa
#5 in overall quality

University of Dubuque came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. This small school is located in Dubuque, Iowa, and it awarded 40 bachelors’s transportation and materials moving degrees 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. The estimated yearly cost for UD is $28,437 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Transportation & Materials Moving students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full University of Dubuque Transportation & Materials Moving Report

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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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