2021 Best Transportation & Materials Moving Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
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Finding the Best Transportation & Materials Moving Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Transportation & Materials Moving Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer a bachelor's in transportation & materials moving. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality transportation & materials moving programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the transportation & materials moving program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Lewis University tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Great Lakes Region that are best for non-traditional transportation & materials moving students. Located in the suburb of Romeoville, Lewis is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population. Lewis also took the #2 spot in our Best Colleges for Transportation & Materials Moving in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at Lewis is lower than is typical, just 1.4% of students default in three years. There are approximately 2,947 students at Lewis that take at least one class online. 2,022 of Lewis students are attending part time.
The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Purdue University - Main Campus. Purdue is a very large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Purdue has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Transportation & Materials Moving in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
About 0.8% of Purdue students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 19,239 students take at least one class online at Purdue. 7,612 students are part time.
The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population. SIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Colleges for Transportation & Materials Moving in the Great Lakes Region list.
About 2.4% of SIUC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 2,640 students at SIUC that take at least one class online. There are roughly 2,629 part time students in attendance at SIUC.
Ohio State University - Main Campus comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Ohio State is a very large public school located in the large city of Columbus. Ohio State also took the #3 spot in our Best Colleges for Transportation & Materials Moving in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. There are approximately 42,293 students at Ohio State that take at least one class online. There are roughly 8,459 part time students in attendance at Ohio State.
Western Michigan University earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public college with a large student population. WMU also made our Best Colleges for Transportation & Materials Moving in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #4.
About 2.0% of WMU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 10,416 students at WMU that take at least one class online. There are roughly 5,241 part time students in attendance at WMU.
Kent State University at Kent landed the #6 spot in our 2021 best transportation & materials moving schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public college with a very large student population. Kent State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our Best Colleges for Transportation & Materials Moving in the Great Lakes Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.5%. Approximately 15,625 students take at least one class online at Kent State. 6,651 of Kent State students are attending part time.
Indiana State University comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Terre Haute, Indiana State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population. Indiana State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our Best Colleges for Transportation & Materials Moving in the Great Lakes Region list.
About 3.6% of Indiana State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 2,947 students take at least one class online at Indiana State. 2,349 students are part time.
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 the rest 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).
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