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2023 Best Value Construction Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Construction Undergraduate Certificate School for You
Construction is the #38 most popular major in the country with 1,813 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right 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 in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region 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.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
2023 Best Value Construction Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Construction Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.
Best Great Lakes Region 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 Great Lakes Region for construction students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Indianapolis, Ivy Tech Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Ivy Tech Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,927 in tuition and fees each year.
Ivy Tech Community College also claimed a spot on our Best Construction Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.
The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Southwestern Illinois College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value construction schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the suburb of Belleville, SWIC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SWIC are $6,210 per year.
Out of the 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Great Oaks Career Campuses landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Cincinnati, Great Oaks Career Campuses is a public school with a small student population.
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.
Read full report on Construction at Great Oaks Career Campuses
Best Construction Colleges by State
Explore the best construction schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Michigan | 21 |
Indiana | 29 |
Wisconsin | 0 |
Ohio | 16 |
Illinois | 161 |
Construction Related Majors for Construction
Construction is one of 6 different types of trade school programs to choose from.
Construction Focus Areas
Major | Annual Graduates |
---|---|
General Construction Trades | 1,813 |
Most Popular Related Majors
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 3 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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