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2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Transportation & Materials Moving Major in the Plains States Region

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Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Transportation & Materials Moving Major 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 has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Transportation & Materials Moving Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 29,084 people earned their degree in transportation and materials moving, making the major the 33rd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, transportation and materials moving graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $42,489 and had an average of $13,949 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 1,538 transportation and materials moving graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,946 and $15,378 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 555 transportation and materials moving graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Transportation & Materials Moving Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 15 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in transportation and materials moving. That schools that top this list have a program in transportation and materials moving in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Transportation & Materials Moving Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Transportation & Materials Moving Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 15 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Transportation & Materials Moving in the Plains States Region

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Academy College
Bloomington, Minnesota

Out of the 15 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Transportation & Materials Moving Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Academy College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Bloomington, Minnesota, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s transportation and materials moving degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%.

Read more about Transportation & Materials Moving at Academy College

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University of Dubuque
Dubuque, Iowa

Out of the 15 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Transportation & Materials Moving Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Dubuque landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Dubuque is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dubuque, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 52 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full University of Dubuque Transportation & Materials Moving Report

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University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Dakota. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Transportation & Materials Moving Major in the Plains States Region list. UND is located in Grand Forks, North Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 267 bachelors’s transportation and materials moving degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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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Hesston College
Hesston, Kansas

Hesston College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Transportation & Materials Moving Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Hesston, Kansas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s transportation and materials moving students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Transportation & Materials Moving Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Minnesota State Mankato is located in Mankato, Minnesota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 60 bachelors’s transportation and materials moving degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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 Minnesota State Mankato Transportation & Materials Moving Report

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University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, Missouri

University of Central Missouri came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Transportation & Materials Moving Major in the Plains States Region ranking. University of Central Missouri is a fairly large public school situated in Warrensburg, Missouri. It awarded 27 bachelors’s transportation and materials moving degrees in 2020-2021.

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Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

Kansas State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Transportation & Materials Moving Major in the Plains States Region ranking. K -State is a large school located in Manhattan, Kansas that handed out 48 bachelors’s transportation and materials moving degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Kansas State University Transportation & Materials Moving Report

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Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, Missouri

Saint Louis University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Transportation & Materials Moving Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Saint Louis University is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 26 bachelors’s transportation and materials moving degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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University of Nebraska at Omaha ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Transportation & Materials Moving Major in the Plains States Region list. UNOMAHA is a fairly large public school situated in Omaha, Nebraska. It awarded 25 bachelors’s transportation and materials moving degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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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University of Nebraska at Kearney landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Transportation & Materials Moving Major in the Plains States Region ranking. University of Nebraska at Kearney is located in Kearney, Nebraska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s transportation and materials moving degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Transportation & Materials Moving at University of Nebraska at Kearney

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Central Christian College of Kansas ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Transportation & Materials Moving Major in the Plains States Region list. Central Christian College of Kansas is located in McPherson, Kansas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s transportation and materials moving degrees to qualified students.

Full Central Christian College of Kansas Transportation & Materials Moving Report

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South Dakota State University
Brookings, South Dakota

With a ranking of #14, South Dakota State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Transportation & Materials Moving Major in the Plains States Region list. South Dakota State is a fairly large school located in Brookings, South Dakota that handed out 10 bachelors’s transportation and materials moving degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.

Read full report on Transportation & Materials Moving at South Dakota State

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University of Minnesota - Crookston came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Transportation & Materials Moving Major in the Plains States Region ranking. UMN Crookston is a small school located in Crookston, Minnesota that handed out 0 bachelors’s transportation and materials moving degrees in 2020-2021.

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