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Best Value Construction Trades Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky

2023 Best Value Construction Trades Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$4,560 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Construction Trades Basic Certificate School for You

Construction Trades is one of the most popular subjects to study in Kentucky. With 3,767 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

The Best Value Construction Trades Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision.

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.


 

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Construction Trades Basic Certificate Colleges.

Best Construction Trades Basic Certificate School

Our 2023 rankings named Big Sandy Community and Technical College the best value school in Kentucky for construction trades students working on their basic certificate. Located in the remote town of Prestonsburg, Big Sandy Community and Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Big Sandy Community and Technical College are $4,560 a year.

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Best Value Construction Trades Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Construction Trades Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 1,800
West Virginia 162
Alabama 493
Georgia 1,457
Tennessee 486
Louisiana 860
Mississippi 586
South Carolina 303
Florida 1,637
Virginia 510
Arkansas 104

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.

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