2023 Best Value Construction Trades Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

Finding the Best Construction Trades Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, construction trades was ranked 5th in New Jersey. In fact, 944 were awarded in the state in 2021-2022.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right for you. 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in New Jersey to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate 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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best New Jersey Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Construction Trades

Best Value Construction Trades Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Degrees Awarded
Maryland	152
Delaware	19
Pennsylvania	1,635
New York	1,156

Majors Related to Construction Trades

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

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 averages are for the top 5 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.