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Best Value Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in Iowa

2023 Best Value Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$6,570 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,034 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Construction Trades Associate Degree School for You

In 2021-2022, construction trades students earned 402 degrees and certificates from an Iowa school, making the subject the 6th in the state.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 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 Iowa ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Iowa 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.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.


 

2023 Best Value Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in Iowa

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for construction trades majors pursuing a associate degree.

Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Construction Trades

Our 2023 rankings named Northwest Iowa Community College the best value school in Iowa for construction trades students working on their associate degree. Located in the rural area of Sheldon, Northwest Iowa Community College is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northwest Iowa Community College are $6,870 per year.

Northwest Iowa Community College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Construction Trades Associate Degree Trade Schools in Iowa list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Iowa Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in Iowa list. NICC is a small public school located in the rural area of Calmar.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NICC are $6,270 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, NICC is ranked #4 for overall quality for construction trades in Iowa.

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Best Value Construction Trades Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Construction Trades Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 605
Minnesota 1,185
South Dakota 250
North Dakota 99
Missouri 295
Nebraska 412

Construction Trades Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Electrical & Power Transmission Installers 26,459
Building Management & Inspection 5,269
Carpentry 3,899
Plumbing & Water Supply 2,888
Construction 1,813
Masonry 284
Other Construction 190

Related Major Annual Graduates
Personal & Culinary Services 149,352
Mechanic & Repair Technologies 105,741
Precision Production 55,411
Transportation & Materials Moving 33,306

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.

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