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2023 Best Value Construction Undergraduate Certificate Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Construction Undergraduate Certificate School for You
In 2021-2022, 1,813 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the United States to see which undergraduate certificate 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.
Best Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Construction
Our 2023 rankings named Ivy Tech Community College the best value school in the United States for construction students working on their undergraduate certificate. 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 Construction Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Southwestern Illinois College is a great value for construction students working on their undergraduate certificate. SWIC is a medium-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 $6,210 a year.
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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Great Oaks Career Campuses helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value construction schools in the United States. Great Oaks Career Campuses is a fairly small public school located in the large suburb of Cincinnati.
The average amount in student loans that construction majors at Great Oaks Career Campuses take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $7,326.
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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Perry Technical Institute helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value construction schools in the United States. Perry Tech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Yakima.
Construction majors at Perry Tech take out an average of $9,566 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Apex Technical School. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Construction Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Apex Technical School is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Long Island City.
The average amount in student loans that construction majors at Apex Technical School take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $8,505.
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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 | 1,813 |
Majors Similar to Construction
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Electrical & Power Transmission Installers | 26,459 |
| Building Management & Inspection | 5,269 |
| Carpentry | 3,899 |
| Plumbing & Water Supply | 2,888 |
| Masonry | 284 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 5 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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