2025 Best Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor's Degree Schools in Michigan

You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a Bachelor's Degree in transportation & materials moving. It is ranked #29 out of 38 major degree programs in terms of popularity. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor's Degree Schools in Michigan ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 297 bachelor's degrees in transportation & materials moving during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to transportation & materials moving students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of transportation & materials moving students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt transportation & materials moving students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized transportation & materials moving related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for transportation & materials moving students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Transportation & Materials Moving Bachelor's Degree Schools in Michigan ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Transportation & Materials Moving in Michigan

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in transportation & materials moving.

Top Michigan Schools for a Bachelor's in Transportation & Materials Moving

1

Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI

207 Annual Graduates

Western Michigan University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in transportation & materials moving. WMU is a large public university located in the city of Kalamazoo.More information about a bachelor’s in transportation & materials moving from Western Michigan University

2

Northwestern Michigan College
Traverse City, MI

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

48 Annual Graduates

Northwestern Michigan College is a great option for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in transportation & materials moving. NMC is a small public college located in the city of Traverse City.More information about a bachelor’s in transportation & materials moving from Northwestern Michigan College

Best Transportation & Materials Moving Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Transportation & Materials Moving Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	34	210
Illinois	34	254
Indiana	33	228

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Transportation & Materials Moving Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Air Transportation	249
Marine Transportation	48

Most Popular Majors Related to Transportation & Materials Moving

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Personal & Culinary Services	27
Mechanic & Repair Technologies	16

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Alessandro Aceri. More about our data sources and methodologies.