2023 Best Trade Schools in the Southwest Region
With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Trade Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 135 schools in the Southwest Region to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for trade school students.
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Top Trade Schools in the Southwest Region of the U.S.
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Our analysis found Ottawa University - Phoenix to be the best school for trade school students in the Southwest Region .
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list.
The excellent programs at The University of Texas at Austin helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best trade schools in the Southwest Region .
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Panola College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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With a ranking of #6, MSU Texas did quite well on this year’s best schools for trade school students working.
El Centro College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best trade school programs.
With a ranking of #8, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for trade school students working.
Grand Canyon University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Trade Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best trade school programs.
Arizona State University - Tempe ranked #11 on this year’s Best Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list.
Central Arizona College came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Trade Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
With a ranking of #13, University of Phoenix - Arizona did quite well on this year’s best schools for trade school students working.
University of the Incarnate Word landed the #14 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best trade school programs.
University of Arizona ranked #15 on this year’s Best Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list.
With a ranking of #16, Galveston College did quite well on this year’s best schools for trade school students working.
With a ranking of #17, Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology did quite well on this year’s best schools for trade school students working.
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Remington College - Dallas Campus came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Best Trade Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
Texas State Technical College came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Best Trade Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
Northeast Texas Community College came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Best Trade Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
With a ranking of #21, The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well on this year’s best schools for trade school students working.
Estrella Mountain Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for trade school students. It came in at #22 on the list.
Lee College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for trade school students. It came in at #23 on the list.
University of Houston landed the #24 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best trade school programs.
Hallmark University landed the #25 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best trade school programs.
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Honorable Mentions
These schools also performed well in our best trade schools ranking:
| Rank | School | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | South University, Austin | Round Rock, TX |
| 27 | Tarleton State University | Stephenville, TX |
| 28 | The University of Texas at Dallas | Richardson, TX |
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%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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