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2023 Best Value Building Management & Inspection Associate Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

22 Colleges
$10,637 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$41,693 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Building Management & Inspection Associate Degree School for You

Building Management & Inspection is the #26 most popular major in the country with 5,269 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Building Management & Inspection Associate Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 22 schools in the United States to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for building management students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Building Management & Inspection Associate Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for building management majors pursuing a associate degree.

Top 10 Best Building Management & Inspection Associate Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Southeast Community College Area the best value school in the United States for building management & inspection students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Lincoln, Southeast Community College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Southeast Community College are $3,864 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Southeast Community College also is in the top 15% of our Best Building Management & Inspection Associate Degree Trade Schools ranking.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Rochester Community and Technical College is a great value for building management & inspection students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Rochester, Rochester Community and Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Rochester Community and Technical College are $5,670 per year. After completing their Associate Degree, building management graduates from Rochester Community and Technical College carry an average student debtload of $20,207.

Rochester Community and Technical College also claimed a spot on our Best Building Management & Inspection Associate Degree Trade Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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Out of the 22 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeast Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Northeast is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Norfolk.

Northeast undergraduate students pay an average of $5,130 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that building management majors at Northeast take out while working on their Associate Degree is $9,582.

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#4

Ivy Tech Community College

Indianapolis, IN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Ivy Tech Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Building Management & Inspection Associate Degree Schools list. Ivy Tech Community College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Ivy Tech Community College are $8,927 a year. On average, building management graduates from Ivy Tech Community College take out $8,063 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Ivy Tech Community College also is in the top 5% of our Best Building Management & Inspection Associate Degree Trade Schools ranking.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Mitchell Technical College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value building management & inspection schools in the United States. Located in the rural area of Mitchell, Mitchell Tech is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mitchell Tech are $7,524 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Mitchell Tech also did well on our Best Building Management & Inspection Associate Degree Trade Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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With a ranking of #6, Lake Area Technical Institute did quite well on this year’s best value schools for building management & inspection students working on their associate degree. Located in the remote town of Watertown, LATI is a public college with a small student population.

LATI undergraduate students pay an average of $6,718 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, LATI also did well on our Best Building Management & Inspection Associate Degree Trade Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Metropolitan Community College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree building management & inspection programs. Located in the large city of Omaha, MCC is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MCC are $4,815 per year.

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#8

Ogeechee Technical College

Statesboro, GA

Ogeechee Technical College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Building Management & Inspection Associate Degree Schools ranking. Ogeechee Technical College is a small public school located in the distant town of Statesboro.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Ogeechee Technical College are $5,540 per year.

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Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Building Management & Inspection Associate Degree Schools ranking. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is a small public school located in the city of Lancaster.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology are $8,450 a year. After completing their Associate Degree, building management graduates from Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology carry an average student debtload of $10,181.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology also did well on our Best Building Management & Inspection Associate Degree Trade Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Wake Technical Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for building management & inspection students to get a associate degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Wake Technical Community College is a very large public school located in the suburb of Raleigh.

Wake Technical Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,912 in tuition and fees each year.

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Building Management & Inspection by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

One of 6 majors within the trade school area of study, building management & inspection has other similar majors worth exploring.

Building Management Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Building/Property Maintenance 1,549
Building Construction Technology 1,448
Building/Construction Site Management/Manager 1,116
Other Building/Construction Finishing, Management, & Inspection 529
Building/Home/Construction Inspection/Inspector 261
Drywall Installation/Drywaller 92
Concrete Finishing/Concrete Finisher 84
Insulator 61
Painting/Painter & Wall Coverer 58
Glazier 33
Carpet, Floor, & Tile Worker 21
Roofer 17

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical & Power Transmission Installers 26,459
Carpentry 3,899
Plumbing & Water Supply 2,888
Construction 1,813
Masonry 284

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 22 schools only.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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