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Best Value Construction Trades Basic Certificate Schools in Kansas

2023 Best Value Construction Trades Basic Certificate Schools in Kansas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$8,520 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 Kansas. With 605 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 6th out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.

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 Kansas ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Kansas to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for construction trades students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.


 

2023 Best Value Construction Trades Basic Certificate Schools in Kansas

Check out the construction trades basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Kansas Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Construction Trades

Our 2023 rankings named Washburn Institute of Technology the best value school in Kansas for construction trades students working on their basic certificate. Located in the midsize city of Topeka, Washburn Tech is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Washburn Tech are $8,640 a year.

Read full report on Construction Trades at Washburn Institute of Technology

Out of the 2 schools in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Manhattan Area Technical College landed the # 2 spot on the list. MATC is a fairly small public school located in the city of Manhattan.

MATC undergraduate students pay an average of $8,400 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Construction Trades at Manhattan Area Technical College Report

Best Value Construction Trades Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 1,185
Iowa 402
South Dakota 250
North Dakota 99
Missouri 295
Nebraska 412

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

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 2 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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