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2023 Best Value Construction Trades Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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.
Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.
The Best Value Construction Trades Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 7 schools in the Southwest 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.
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 Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Construction Trades
Our 2023 rankings named Texas State Technical College the best value school in the Southwest Region for construction trades students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Waco, TSTC is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at TSTC are $11,094 a year.
TSTC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Construction Trades Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lamar Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Construction Trades Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize city of Beaumont, Lamar Institute of Technology is a public school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Lamar Institute of Technology are $12,636 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Altierus Career College - Bissonnet. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Construction Trades Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Houston, Altierus Career College - Bissonnet is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Altierus Career College - Bissonnet are $15,230 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin Community College District. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Construction Trades Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Austin, Austin Community College District is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Austin Community College District are $10,590 a year.
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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Pima Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value construction trades schools in the Southwest Region . Pima County Community College District is a large public school located in the large city of Tucson.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Pima County Community College District are $7,614 per year.
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Central New Mexico Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for construction trades students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public school with a large student population.
CNM undergraduate students pay an average of $7,978 in tuition and fees each year.
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Lamson Institute came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Construction Trades Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Lamson Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of San Antonio.
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Explore the best construction trades schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Arizona | 368 |
| Texas | 1,795 |
| New Mexico | 161 |
| Oklahoma | 843 |
Construction Trades Related Majors for 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 7 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).
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