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Best Value Building Management & Inspection Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

2023 Best Value Building Management & Inspection Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$5,967 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,224 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Building Management & Inspection Undergraduate 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. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Building Management & Inspection Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate 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.

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Building Management & Inspection

#1

North Hennepin Community College

Brooklyn Park, MN

Our analysis found North Hennepin Community College to be the best value school for building management & inspection students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Plains States Region . Located in the large 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.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Rochester Community and Technical College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Building Management & Inspection Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Rochester, Rochester Community and Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

Rochester Community and Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,670 in tuition and fees each year. On average, building management graduates from Rochester Community and Technical College take out $19,238 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Rochester Community and Technical College also did well on our Best Building Management & Inspection Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Metropolitan Community College is a great value for building management & inspection students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Omaha, MCC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

MCC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,815 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 4 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Dakota Technical Institute landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Rapid City, Western Dakota Tech is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Western Dakota Tech are $8,333 a year.

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Best Building Management & Inspection Colleges by State

Explore the best building management & inspection schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 60
Missouri 15
Minnesota 59
South Dakota 51
North Dakota 7
Nebraska 156

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 4 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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