2023 Best Value Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Construction Trades Associate Degree School for You

In 2021-2022, 40,802 construction trades students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #6 most popular in the country.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for construction trades 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.

2023 Best Value Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Check out the construction trades associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Construction Trades

#1

Utah Valley University

Orem, UT

9 Associate Degrees

#5 in Quality in the Rocky Mountains Region

$17,830 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Utah Valley University to be the best value school for construction trades students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the city of Orem, UVU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UVU are $17,830 per year.

UVU also took the #5 spot in our Best Construction Trades Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.

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#2

Colorado Mesa University

Grand Junction, CO

19 Associate Degrees

$23,019 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent associate degree programs at Colorado Mesa University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value construction trades schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Colorado Mesa is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Grand Junction.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Colorado Mesa are $23,019 a year.

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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.