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2023 Best Value Electrical & Power Installation Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$8,727 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Electrical & Power Transmission Installers Basic Certificate School for You

With 26,459 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, electrical & power transmission installers is the #10 most popular major in the United States.

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Electrical & Power Installation Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for electrical transmission installation students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Electrical & Power Transmission Installers Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for electrical transmission installation majors pursuing a basic certificate.

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Electrical & Power Installation

Our 2023 rankings named Pima Community College the best value school in the Southwest Region for electrical & power transmission installers students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Tucson, Pima County Community College District is a public school with a large student population.

Pima County Community College District undergraduate students pay an average of $7,614 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Electrical & Power Transmission Installers at Pima Community College

Out of the 4 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin Community College District landed the # 2 spot on the list. Austin Community College District is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Austin.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Austin Community College District are $10,590 per year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Central New Mexico Community College is a great value for electrical & power transmission installers students working on their basic certificate. CNM is a large public school located in the city of Albuquerque.

CNM undergraduate students pay an average of $7,978 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Electrical & Power Transmission Installers at Central New Mexico Community College Report

The excellent basic certificate programs at Tulsa Technology Center helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value electrical & power transmission installers schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Tulsa, Tulsa Tech is a public college with a small student population.

Full Electrical & Power Transmission Installers at Tulsa Technology Center Report

Best Electrical & Power Transmission Installers Colleges by State

Explore the best electrical & power transmission installers colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 170
Texas 1,563
Oklahoma 331
New Mexico 90

Electrical & Power Transmission Installers is one of 6 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Electrical Transmission Installation Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Electrician 22,237
Lineworker 2,257
General Electrical & Power Transmission Installation/Installer 1,836
Other Electrical & Power Transmission Installers 129

Related Major Annual Graduates
Building Management & Inspection 5,269
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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Fran Hogan.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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