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2023 Best Trade Schools in the Southeast Region
With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Trade Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 390 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best programs for trade school students.
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Top Trade Schools in the Southeast Region of the U.S.
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Our 2023 rankings named Columbia Southern University the best school in the Southeast Region for trade school students working on their degree. Columbia Southern University is a fairly large private for-profit school situated in Orange Beach, Alabama. It awarded 5,998 degrees in 2021-2022.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in Clemson, South Carolina, the large public school handed out 7,469 degrees in 2021-2022.
The excellent programs at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best trade schools in the Southeast Region . Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach is located in Daytona Beach, Florida and has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1,567 degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kennesaw State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. Kennesaw State University is a large public school located in Kennesaw, Georgia that handed out 7,682 degrees in 2021-2022.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Murray State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. Murray State is a public institution located in Murray, Kentucky. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2,172 degrees in 2021-2022.
Herzing University - Atlanta came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Trade Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Herzing University - Atlanta is a very small private not-for-profit school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 275 degrees in 2021-2022.
Rasmussen University - Florida ranked #7 on this year’s Best Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. Rasmussen University - Florida is a private for-profit institution located in Ocala, Florida. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4,205 degrees in 2021-2022.
Herzing University - Kenner landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best trade school programs. Metairie, Louisiana is the setting for this very small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out degrees to 122 students in 2021-2022.
With a ranking of #9, East Carolina University did quite well on this year’s best schools for trade school students working. Located in Greenville, North Carolina, the large public school awarded 6,984 diplomas to qualifed students in 2021-2022.
James Madison University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. JMU is a public institution located in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5,530 degrees in 2021-2022.
University of South Florida - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for trade school students. It came in at #11 on the list. University of South Florida - Main Campus is a large public school located in Tampa, Florida that handed out 14,285 degrees in 2021-2022.
Herzing University - Birmingham came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Trade Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Birmingham, Alabama, the very small private not-for-profit school awarded 245 diplomas to qualifed students in 2021-2022.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best trade school programs. This large public school is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and it awarded 9,997 degrees in 2021-2022.
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College landed the #14 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best trade school programs. Located in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, the medium-sized public school handed out 3,257 degrees in 2021-2022.
Bluegrass Community and Technical College ranked #15 on this year’s Best Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in Lexington, Kentucky, the fairly large public school handed out 5,011 degrees in 2021-2022.
University of Florida ranked #16 on this year’s Best Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. Gainesville, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out degrees to 18,084 students in 2021-2022.
Danville Community College landed the #17 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best trade school programs. Danville Community College is a small public school located in Danville, Virginia that handed out 779 degrees in 2021-2022.
University of Mount Olive came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Best Trade Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. UMO is located in Mount Olive, North Carolina and has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 649 degrees to qualified students.
Virginia Commonwealth University came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Best Trade Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. VCU is a public institution located in Richmond, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7,707 degrees in 2021-2022.
With a ranking of #20, Old Dominion University did quite well on this year’s best schools for trade school students working. Old Dominion is a large public school situated in Norfolk, Virginia. It awarded 5,241 degrees in 2021-2022.
Augusta University ranked #21 on this year’s Best Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. Augusta University is a public institution located in Augusta, Georgia. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2,543 degrees in 2021-2022.
Mercer University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for trade school students. It came in at #22 on the list. Mercer is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Macon, Georgia. It awarded 2,845 degrees in 2021-2022.
South University, Montgomery landed the #23 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best trade school programs. South University, Montgomery is a very small private for-profit school located in Montgomery, Alabama that handed out 93 degrees in 2021-2022.
Florida International University ranked #24 on this year’s Best Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. Florida International University is a large public school located in Miami, Florida that handed out 18,426 degrees in 2021-2022.
University of Miami did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for trade school students. It came in at #25 on the list. This fairly large private not-for-profit school is located in Coral Gables, Florida, and it awarded 6,348 degrees in 2021-2022.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
References
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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