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2023 Best Value Construction Trades Basic Certificate Schools in Iowa
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Construction Trades Basic Certificate School for You
In 2021-2022, construction trades students earned 402 degrees and certificates from an Iowa school, making the subject the 6th in the state.
Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.
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 Iowa ranking.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Construction Trades Basic Certificate School
Our analysis found Western Iowa Tech Community College to be the best value school for construction trades students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Iowa. Western Iowa Tech Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Sioux City.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Western Iowa Tech Community College are $4,922 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Western Iowa Tech Community College is ranked #3 for overall quality for construction trades in Iowa.
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Request InformationBest Value Construction Trades Colleges in the Plains States Region
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Kansas | 605 |
Minnesota | 1,185 |
South Dakota | 250 |
North Dakota | 99 |
Missouri | 295 |
Nebraska | 412 |
Construction Trades Related Majors for Construction Trades
Construction Trades Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 |
Most Popular Majors Related 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.