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Best Value Construction Trades Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Florida

2023 Best Value Construction Trades Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Florida

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$2,506 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$34,212 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Construction Trades Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, construction trades was ranked 7th in Florida. In fact, 1,637 were awarded in the state in 2021-2022.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

The Best Value Construction Trades Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Florida ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in Florida 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. 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 Florida Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Construction Trades

Our 2023 rankings named Hillsborough Community College the best value school in Florida for construction trades students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Tampa, HCC is a public college with a large student population.

HCC undergraduate students pay an average of $2,506 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 3 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, South Florida Institute of Technology landed the # 2 spot on the list. South Florida Institute of Technology is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Miami.

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#2

Atlantic Technical College

Coconut Creek, FL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Atlantic Technical College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Construction Trades Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Florida list. Located in the large suburb of Coconut Creek, Atlantic Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

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Best Value Construction Trades Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Construction Trades Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 1,800
West Virginia 162
Alabama 493
Kentucky 3,767
Georgia 1,457
Tennessee 486
Louisiana 860
Mississippi 586
South Carolina 303
Virginia 510
Arkansas 104

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 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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