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2023 Best Value Construction Trades Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$18,408 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$59,595 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Construction Trades School for You

In 2020-2021, 35,794 construction trades students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #6 most popular in the country.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

The Best Value Construction Trades Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for construction trades students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

2023 Best Value Construction Trades Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Construction Trades Colleges.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Construction Trades

Our 2023 rankings named Utah Valley University the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for construction trades students. Located in the city of Orem, UVU is a public school with a very large student population.

UVU undergraduate students pay an average of $17,092 in tuition and fees each year.

UVU also claimed a spot on our Best Construction Trades Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#2

Colorado Mesa University

Grand Junction, CO
$22,322 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Colorado Mesa University is a great value for construction trades students. Colorado Mesa is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Grand Junction.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Colorado Mesa are $22,322 per year.

Full Construction Trades at Colorado Mesa University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Red Rocks Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Construction Trades Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Red Rocks Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Lakewood.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Red Rocks Community College are $15,811 a year.

Red Rocks Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Construction Trades Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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Best Construction Trades Colleges by State

Explore the best construction trades colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Wyoming 44
Colorado 403
Utah 620
Montana 52
Idaho 16

Construction Trades Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Electrical & Power Transmission Installers 23,527
Building Management & Inspection 4,511
Carpentry 3,273
Plumbing & Water Supply 2,617
Construction 1,435
Masonry 274
Other Construction 157

Majors Similar to Construction Trades

Related Major Annual Graduates
Personal & Culinary Services 130,306
Mechanic & Repair Technologies 96,307
Precision Production 52,905
Transportation & Materials Moving 28,383

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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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