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2023 Best Value Building Management & Inspection Basic Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

14 Colleges
$8,718 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Building Management & Inspection Basic Certificate 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 Basic Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 14 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for building management students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Basic Certificate Schools in the United States

Check out the building management basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Building Management & Inspection Basic Certificate Schools

#1

North Hennepin Community College

Brooklyn Park, MN

Our 2023 rankings named North Hennepin Community College the best value school in the United States for building management & inspection students working on their basic certificate. Located in the suburb of Brooklyn Park, North Hennepin Community College is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at North Hennepin Community College are $5,050 a year.

North Hennepin Community College also made our Best Building Management & Inspection Basic Certificate Trade Schools list, coming in at #5.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Southwest Wisconsin Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value building management & inspection schools in the United States. Southwest Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Fennimore.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southwest Tech are $6,731 per year.

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Out of the 14 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Moraine Park Technical College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Moraine Park Technical College is a small public school located in the small city of Fond du Lac.

Moraine Park Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,793 in tuition and fees each year.

Moraine Park Technical College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Building Management & Inspection Basic Certificate Trade Schools list.

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#4

Ivy Tech Community College

Indianapolis, IN

The excellent basic certificate programs at Ivy Tech Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value building management & inspection schools in the United States. Ivy Tech Community College is a very large public school located in the large 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.

Ivy Tech Community College also claimed a spot on our Best Building Management & Inspection Basic Certificate Trade Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Anoka 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. Anoka Technical College is a small public school located in the suburb of Anoka.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Anoka Technical College are $6,075 per year.

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

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#6

Ogeechee Technical College

Statesboro, GA

Ogeechee Technical College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Building Management & Inspection Basic Certificate 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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Central Louisiana Technical Community College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate building management & inspection programs. Located in the city of Alexandria, Central Louisiana Technical Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Central Louisiana Technical Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,098 in tuition and fees each year.

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Wake Technical Community College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Building Management & Inspection Basic Certificate Schools list. Wake Technical Community College is a very large public school located in the suburb of Raleigh.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Wake Technical Community College are $8,912 a year.

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Southwestern Illinois College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate building management & inspection programs. SWIC is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Belleville.

SWIC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,210 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #10, Atlanta Technical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for building management & inspection students working on their basic certificate. Atlanta Area Tech is a small public school located in the large city of Atlanta.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Atlanta Area Tech are $5,564 per 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 14 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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