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2023 Best Value Construction Trades Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$15,838 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Construction Trades Basic Certificate 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.

The Best Value Construction Trades Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for construction trades students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Construction Trades Basic Certificate Colleges.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Construction Trades

Our analysis found Trinidad State Junior College to be the best value school for construction trades students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Rocky Mountains Region . Trinidad State Junior College is a small public school located in the town of Trinidad.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Trinidad State Junior College are $8,360 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Trinidad State Junior College also did well on our Best Construction Trades Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#2

Colorado Mesa University

Grand Junction, CO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado Mesa University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Construction Trades Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado Mesa is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Grand Junction.

Colorado Mesa undergraduate students pay an average of $23,019 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Red Rocks Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Construction Trades Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Red Rocks Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Lakewood.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Red Rocks Community College are $16,135 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Red Rocks Community College is ranked #2 for overall quality for construction trades in the Rocky Mountains Region .

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Best Construction Trades Colleges by State

Explore the best construction trades schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Wyoming 44
Colorado 403
Utah 620
Montana 52
Idaho 16

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 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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