2023 Best Value Trade School Associate Degree Schools in Nevada
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices
There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Trade School Associate Degree Schools in Nevada ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Nevada to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for trade school students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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Top Value Trade Associate Degree Schools in Nevada
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Our 2023 rankings named Truckee Meadows Community College the best value school in Nevada for trade school students working on their associate degree. Located in Reno, Nevada, the medium-sized public school handed out 1,405 associate degree awards in 2021-2022.
Truckee Meadows Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $10,639 in tuition and fees each year. Associate Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $13,535 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
One thing to take note of is that Truckee Meadows Community College does offer online classes in some areas. In 2020-2021 about 61% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Truckee Meadows Community College is ranked #1 for overall quality in Nevada.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Great Basin College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Trade School Associate Degree Schools in Nevada list. Great Basin College is a small public school located in Elko, Nevada that handed out 332 associate degrees in 2021-2022.
Great Basin College undergraduate students pay an average of $11,147 in tuition and fees each year. On average, associate degree students take out $18,415 in loans while pursuing their degree.
You may have the opportunity to take online classes at Great Basin College. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 98% took at least some of their classes online.
Great Basin College also took the #4 spot in our Best Associate Degree Trade Schools in Nevada rankings.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Southern Nevada. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Trade School Associate Degree Schools in Nevada list. CSN is located in Las Vegas, Nevada and has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3,788 associate degrees to qualified students.
CSN undergraduate students pay an average of $11,869 in tuition and fees each year. Associate Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $11,510 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
CSN does offer online classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 63% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
CSN also took the #3 spot in our Best Associate Degree Trade Schools in Nevada rankings.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Career College of Northern Nevada is a great place for trade school students working on their associate degree who want the most bang for their educational buck. This very small private for-profit school is located in Sparks, Nevada, and it awarded 101 associate degrees in 2021-2022.
Career College of Northern Nevada undergraduate students pay an average of $0 in tuition and fees each year. Associate Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $17,659 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Career College of Northern Nevada not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Associate Degree Trade Schools in Nevada list.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.
References
- 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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