2023 Best Value Construction Trades Basic Certificate Schools in Mississippi

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College

$3,740 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 Mississippi. With 586 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 7th 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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

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 Mississippi ranking.

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 Construction Trades Basic Certificate School

East Mississippi Community College

Scooba, MS

25 Basic Certificates

$3,740 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found East Mississippi Community College to be the best value school for construction trades students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Mississippi. EMCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Scooba.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at EMCC are $3,740 a year.

Best Value Construction Trades Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Degrees Awarded
North Carolina	1,800
West Virginia	162
Alabama	493
Kentucky	3,767
Georgia	1,457
Tennessee	486
Louisiana	860
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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