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

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.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Trinidad State Junior College the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for construction trades students working on their basic certificate. Trinidad State Junior College is a small public school located in the remote town of Trinidad.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Trinidad State Junior College are $8,360 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Trinidad State Junior College is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Construction Trades Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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#2

Colorado Mesa University

Grand Junction, CO

The excellent basic certificate 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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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 midsize city of Lakewood.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Red Rocks Community College are $16,135 a year.

Red Rocks Community College also made our Best Construction Trades Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #2.

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Best Construction Trades Colleges by State

Explore the best construction trades colleges 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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