2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Transportation & Materials Moving in the Great Lakes Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 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” 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Transportation & Materials Moving in the Great Lakes Region

#1

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 that were part of this year’s ranking, Lewis University landed the #1 spot on the list. Lewis University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Romeoville, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 21 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Lewis did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Transportation & Materials Moving Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lewis are $14,780, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Lewis University Transportation & Materials Moving Report

#2

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 #2 for the Best Value Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. Purdue is a public institution located in West Lafayette, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 57 masters’s 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 are $28,794, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Transportation & Materials Moving at Purdue University - Main Campus

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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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