2023 Best Value Construction Trades Basic Certificate Schools in South Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College

$5,356 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Construction Trades Basic Certificate School for You

In 2021-2022, construction trades students earned 303 degrees and certificates from a South Carolina school, making the subject the 7th in the state.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Construction Trades Basic Certificate Schools in South Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you.

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

Horry-Georgetown Technical College

Conway, SC

88 Basic Certificates

#9 in Quality in South Carolina

$5,356 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Horry-Georgetown Technical College the best value school in South Carolina for construction trades students working on their basic certificate. Horry-Georgetown Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Conway.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Horry-Georgetown Technical College are $5,356 per 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
Mississippi	586
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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