2023 Best Value Construction Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Construction School for You
In 2020-2021, 1,435 people earned a degree or certificate in construction, making the major the #38 most popular in the United States.
There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Construction Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in the United States to see which programs offered the best value experiences for construction students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Construction Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Construction Colleges.
Top 10 Best Construction Schools
Our analysis found Ivy Tech Community College to be the best value school for construction students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Ivy Tech Community College is a very large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Ivy Tech Community College are $8,927 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Ivy Tech Community College also did well on our Best Construction Trade Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Honolulu Community College is a great value for construction students. Honolulu CC is a small public school located in the large city of Honolulu.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Honolulu CC are $8,310 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Iowa Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Construction Schools list. NICC is a small public school located in the rural area of Calmar.
NICC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,840 in tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent programs at Southwestern Illinois College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best construction schools in the United States. SWIC is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Belleville.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SWIC are $5,940 a year.
Out of the 12 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, State Technical College of Missouri landed the # 5 spot on the list. STC is a small public school located in the rural area of Linn.
STC undergraduate students pay an average of $12,780 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, STC is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Construction Trade Schools list.
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With a ranking of #6, Colorado Mesa University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for construction students. Colorado Mesa is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Grand Junction.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Colorado Mesa are $22,322 per year.
Virginia Western Community College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Construction Schools list. Virginia Western Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Roanoke.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Virginia Western Community College are $11,358 a year.
Summit Academy Opportunities Industrialization Center did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for construction students. It came in at #8 on the list. Summit Academy Opportunities Industrialization Center is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Minneapolis.
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Great Oaks Career Campuses ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Construction Schools list. Great Oaks Career Campuses is a fairly small public school located in the large suburb of Cincinnati.
Tulsa Technology Center landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value construction programs. Tulsa Tech is a small public school located in the city of Tulsa.
Construction by Region
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Majors Related to Construction
One of 6 majors within the trade school area of study, construction has other similar majors worth exploring.
Construction Concentrations
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Construction Trades | 1,435 |
Majors Similar to Construction
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Electrical & Power Transmission Installers | 23,527 |
| Building Management & Inspection | 4,511 |
| Carpentry | 3,273 |
| Plumbing & Water Supply | 2,617 |
| Masonry | 274 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 12 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).
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