2023 Best Value Trade School Basic Certificate 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Trade School Basic Certificate Schools in Nevada to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Nevada to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for trade school students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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 Basic Certificate 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 basic certificate. Truckee Meadows Community College is a public institution located in Reno, Nevada. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1,033 basic certificates in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Truckee Meadows Community College are $10,639 per year.
Online courses are available at Truckee Meadows Community College, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 61% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
Truckee Meadows Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Nevada list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Nevada College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Basic Certificate Schools in Nevada list. This small public school is located in Carson City, Nevada, and it awarded 445 basic certificates in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at WNC are $11,738 a year.
You may have the opportunity to take online classes at WNC. In 2020-2021 about 53% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
WNC also made our Best Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Nevada list, coming in at #4.
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 Basic Certificate Schools in Nevada list. Las Vegas, Nevada is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out basic certificates to 1,197 students in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CSN are $11,869 per year.
You may have the opportunity to take online classes at CSN. During the 2020-2021 year, about 63% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
CSN did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Nevada list.
Out of the 5 schools in Nevada that were part of this year’s value ranking, Great Basin College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Great Basin College is a small public school situated in Elko, Nevada. It awarded 210 basic certificates in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Great Basin College are $11,147 a year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Great Basin College does offer online classes for certain majors. In 2020-2021 about 98% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Great Basin College also took the #5 spot in our Best Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Nevada rankings.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Las Vegas College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Basic Certificate Schools in Nevada list. Las Vegas College is a very small private for-profit school located in Las Vegas, Nevada that handed out 187 basic certificates in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Las Vegas College are $15,493 a year.
Online courses are available at Las Vegas College, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 46% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
Las Vegas College also took the #1 spot in our Best Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Nevada rankings.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 5 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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