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Best Value Construction Trades Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

2023 Best Value Construction Trades Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$18,995 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$34,212 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Construction Trades Undergraduate Certificate School for You

In 2021-2022, 40,802 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Construction Trades Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region 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.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Construction Trades

Our analysis found Utah Valley University to be the best value school for construction trades students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the city of Orem, UVU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UVU undergraduate students pay an average of $17,830 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Colorado Mesa University

Grand Junction, CO

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Colorado Mesa University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value construction trades schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Colorado Mesa is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Grand Junction.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Colorado Mesa are $23,019 a year.

Read full report on Construction Trades at Colorado Mesa University

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Red Rocks Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Lakewood.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Red Rocks Community College are $16,135 per year.

Red Rocks Community College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Construction Trades Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

Full Construction Trades at Red Rocks Community College Report

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 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 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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