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2022 Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

9 Ranked Colleges
627 Degrees Awarded
$21,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” 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 Southwest region, there were 2,298 transportation and materials moving graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,579 and $17,912 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 627 transportation and materials moving graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree transportation & materials moving students.

Top 9 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Transportation & Materials Moving in the Southwest Region

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Portales, New Mexico is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s transportation and materials moving degrees to 33 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ENMU - Main Campus, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend ENMU - Main Campus is $9,516 for southwest region bachelor’s degree transportation & materials moving students.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. University of North Texas is a large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 24 bachelors’s transportation and materials moving degrees in 2019-2020.

UNT also made our “Best Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend UNT is $15,086 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Transportation & Materials Moving students.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A & M University - Central Texas. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Killeen, Texas, this small public school awarded 16 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s transportation and materials moving students in 2019-2020.

Texas A & M University - Central Texas did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, this large public school awarded 102 degrees to qualified bachelors’s transportation and materials moving students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree transportation & materials moving students list, OSU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend OSU is $14,648 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Transportation & Materials Moving students.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#4 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Norman, Oklahoma, this large public school handed out 47 degrees to qualified bachelors’s transportation and materials moving students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Oklahoma, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $21,145 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Transportation & Materials Moving students per year to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.

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#6

LeTourneau University

Longview, Texas
#6 in overall quality

LeTourneau University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Longview, Texas 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 39 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at LETU, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $23,196 for southwest region bachelor’s degree transportation & materials moving students per year to attend LETU.

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#1 in overall quality

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Prescott, Arizona, and it awarded 138 bachelors’s transportation and materials moving degrees in 2019-2020.

Embry-Riddle Prescott did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $35,396 for southwest region bachelor’s degree transportation & materials moving students per year to attend Embry-Riddle Prescott.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott Transportation & Materials Moving Report

#8

Texas Southern University

Houston, Texas
#9 in overall quality

Texas Southern University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Houston, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s transportation and materials moving degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at TSU, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Southern University is $19,430 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Transportation & Materials Moving students.

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#9

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#7 in overall quality

Baylor University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Waco, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s transportation and materials moving students in 2019-2020.

Baylor not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $36,039 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Transportation & Materials Moving students per year to attend Baylor.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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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%.

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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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