2023 Best Value Construction Trades Basic Certificate Schools in Indiana

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

Finding the Best Construction Trades Basic Certificate School for You

In 2021-2022, construction trades students earned 2,009 degrees and certificates from an Indiana school, making the subject the 4th in the state.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Construction Trades Basic Certificate Schools in Indiana ranking.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best Construction Trades Basic Certificate School

Best Value Construction Trades Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	417
Wisconsin	1,075
Ohio	538
Illinois	900

Majors Related to Construction Trades

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

Majors Similar to Construction Trades

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 values are for the top school 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.